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Alicia Kearns vs Jim Shannon

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

Photograph of Alicia Kearns
Alicia Kearns
Con Rutland and Stamford
vs
Photograph of Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Alicia Kearns and Jim Shannon voted the same way 70% of the time, based on 987 shared comparable votes.

691 same votes 296 different votes 987 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
15 Aye 28 No
Education 93% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 18 No
Energy 88% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
49 Aye 91 No
Tax 88% aligned 140 shared votes
60 Aye 80 No
31 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 86% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 83% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 17 No
Benefits 42% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
33 Aye 23 No
Migration 48% aligned 56 shared votes
38 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 52% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 11 No
Trade 58% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
73 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 60% aligned 134 shared votes
80 Aye 54 No

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

Voting record

69.9%
3% below average
Rank 433 of 649
Participation
85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
1,159
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
575
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
584
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
979
48.3% of votes cast
27
2.3% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

127
+44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
Appearances
1,276
+1193.7 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
182
+38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 649
Contributions
1,633
+1489.5 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,417,308
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£320,176
42% above average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
13
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 44 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Crime / Justice
143 of 174 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
44 of 54 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye rebel
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 2 13 Nov 2025
Housing
Aye
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
No
Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Sept 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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