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Simon Hoare vs Jim Shannon

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


Voting alignment

Simon Hoare and Jim Shannon voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 1,568 shared comparable votes.

1,243 same votes 325 different votes 1,568 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
25 Aye 25 No
Energy 92% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
97 Aye 144 No
Tax 88% aligned 241 shared votes
111 Aye 130 No
73 Aye 115 No
Brexit / EU 88% aligned 188 shared votes
67 Aye 121 No
19 Aye 31 No
Education 88% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 26 No
Benefits 56% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 57% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 25 No
Housing 58% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 60% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
59 Aye 35 No
Migration 64% aligned 94 shared votes
65 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

74.5%
2% above average
Rank 324 of 649
Participation
85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
1,769
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
829
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
940
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
979
48.3% of votes cast
46
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

100
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
Appearances
1,295
+1211.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 246 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

£2,084,672
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£272,934
21% above average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
3
3 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

Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#3
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Tax
257 of 322 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