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Jim Shannon vs Sir John Whittingdale
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Jim Shannon and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 1,666 shared comparable votes.
1,289 same votes
377 different votes
1,666 shared votes
Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.
Topic alignment
Closest by topic
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
85.4%
13% above average
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
979
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Debates
1,276
+1193.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
77
-5.3 vs Commons average
1,633
+1489.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills
Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.
Most active voting topics
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
rebel
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98
21 Apr 2026
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API