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Sarah Bool vs Jim Shannon

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

Photograph of Sarah Bool
Sarah Bool
Con South Northamptonshire
vs
Photograph of Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Sarah Bool and Jim Shannon voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 373 shared comparable votes.

343 same votes 30 different votes 373 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 26 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
3 Aye 8 No
Energy 100% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
37 Aye 59 No
Tax 98% aligned 96 shared votes
39 Aye 57 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 8 No
Housing 43% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 2 No
Migration 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 84% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 17 No
Benefits 86% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

72.4 %
same as average
Rank 375 of 647
Participation
85.3 %
12 % above average
Rank 91 of 647
396
547 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,991
2,333 eligible divisions
169
42.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
51.6 % of votes cast
227
57.3 % of votes cast
No votes
963
48.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % 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

74
+7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 650
Appearances
1,086
+1019.6 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
87
-31.0 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650
Contributions
1,307
+1189.0 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£188,791
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£188,791
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30 % above average
14
2 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
Tax
96 of 108 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 61 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27 11 Feb 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 11 Feb 2026
Devolution / Local Government Tax
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye rebel
No
Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 120B 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
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
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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