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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.


Voting alignment

Sarah Bool and Jim Shannon voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 393 shared comparable votes.

363 same votes 30 different votes 393 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 27 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
9 Aye 27 No
5 Aye 8 No
Energy 100% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 0 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 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

70.8%
2% below average
Rank 409 of 649
Participation
85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
418
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
177
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
241
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
979
48.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

96
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Appearances
1,295
+1211.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
1,661
+1515.1 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649

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
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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 39 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

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