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Jim Shannon vs Yvette Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 29% of the time, based on 1,267 shared comparable votes.

373 same votes 894 different votes 1,267 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
15 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 55% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 20 No
Benefits 54% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 52% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Cost of Living 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
26 Aye 13 No
Defence 49% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 109 No
Brexit / EU 12% aligned 171 shared votes
105 Aye 66 No
19 Aye 22 No
Energy 15% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 18% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
55 Aye 85 No
Tax 20% aligned 140 shared votes
99 Aye 41 No
14 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 25% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 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 90 of 649
Participation
62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 546 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,480
2,361 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
851
57.5 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
629
42.5 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

1,221
+1143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
71
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
1,119
+980.5 vs Commons average
Rank 4 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
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API