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Jim Shannon vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Steve Darling voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 369 shared comparable votes.

294 same votes 75 different votes 369 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
9 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
33 Aye 43 No
Tax 96% aligned 76 shared votes
34 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 4 No
Transport 95% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 14 No
Benefits 91% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 22 No
Education 89% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 7 No
Energy 50% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 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
67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
590 eligible divisions
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
54.5% of votes cast
979
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
181
45.5% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.8% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1,268
+1186.2 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
137
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
1,623
+1480.5 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Contributions
163
+20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 172 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
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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