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Jim Shannon vs Torsten Bell

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


Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Torsten Bell voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 385 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 343 different votes 385 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
13 Aye 5 No
Housing 50% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 17 No
Benefits 21% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 649
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
590 eligible divisions
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
54.1% of votes cast
979
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
194
45.9% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1,269
+1187.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
64
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 649
1,620
+1477.7 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Contributions
186
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 145 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
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 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