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Jim Shannon vs Sir Oliver Dowden

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 1,464 shared comparable votes.

1,137 same votes 327 different votes 1,464 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
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 14 No
Energy 97% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 91% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
63 Aye 128 No
Brexit / EU 88% aligned 191 shared votes
68 Aye 123 No
90 Aye 110 No
Tax 87% aligned 200 shared votes
79 Aye 121 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 29 No
Migration 52% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 25 No
Benefits 55% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 58% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 13 No
Housing 60% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
75 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 67% aligned 141 shared votes
72 Aye 69 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
979
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

1,276
+1193.7 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
1,633
+1489.5 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
197 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API