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Nick Smith vs Jim Shannon

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Jim Shannon voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 1,483 shared comparable votes.

371 same votes 1,112 different votes 1,483 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
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
21 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 45% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 60 No
Migration 44% aligned 87 shared votes
58 Aye 29 No
34 Aye 19 No
Benefits 40% aligned 53 shared votes
20 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 22 No
Housing 38% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
89 Aye 47 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 136 shared votes
48 Aye 88 No
133 Aye 75 No
Tax 13% aligned 208 shared votes
92 Aye 116 No
31 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 15 No
Energy 15% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
50 Aye 24 No
Education 16% aligned 74 shared votes
28 Aye 46 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
979
48.3% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

95
+11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
Appearances
1,295
+1211.4 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
125
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
Contributions
1,661
+1515.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

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