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Joe Robertson vs Jim Shannon

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

Photograph of Joe Robertson
Joe Robertson
Con Isle of Wight East
vs
Photograph of Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Joe Robertson and Jim Shannon voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 378 shared comparable votes.

352 same votes 26 different votes 378 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
37 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
37 Aye 56 No
12 Aye 27 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
4 Aye 8 No
Energy 100% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 11 No
Housing 50% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Migration 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 89% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 325 of 647
Participation
85.3 %
12 % above average
Rank 91 of 647
408
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,991
2,333 eligible divisions
182
44.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
51.6 % of votes cast
226
55.4 % of votes cast
No votes
963
48.4 % of votes cast
2
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

131
+64.2 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 647
Appearances
1,088
+1021.2 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 647
219
+100.3 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 647
Contributions
1,306
+1187.3 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£165,302
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£165,302
27 % below average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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

Housing
27 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Tax
93 of 108 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Energy
14 of 17 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Education
39 of 49 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye rebel
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 2 13 Nov 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
No
Sentencing Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Bus Services (No.2) Bill: Third Reading 10 Sep 2025
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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