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Al Carns vs Jim Shannon

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

Photograph of Al Carns
Al Carns
Lab Birmingham Selly Oak
vs
Photograph of Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Al Carns and Jim Shannon voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 254 different votes 284 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 10 No
Housing 47% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 27% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
6 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 614 of 649
Participation
85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
147
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
165
52.9% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

75
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 649
Appearances
1,269
+1187.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
274
+131.7 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 649
Contributions
1,620
+1477.7 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£170,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£170,101
25% below average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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

Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Housing
21 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Defence
22 of 34 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
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