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Andy Burnham vs Jim Shannon

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

Photograph of Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham
Lab Makerfield
vs
Photograph of Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Andy Burnham and Jim Shannon voted the same way 33% of the time, based on 87 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 58 different votes 87 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
5 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Education 50% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Energy 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 0 No
Benefits 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 5 No
Tax 21% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 2 No
Brexit / EU 19% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 5 No
Tax 21% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 0 No
Benefits 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

42.9 %
30 % below average
Rank 630 of 650
Participation
85.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 89 of 650
3
7 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,998
2,340 eligible divisions
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,034
51.8 % of votes cast
3
100.0 % of votes cast
No votes
964
48.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2 % of votes cast
0 months
Since 18 Jun 2026
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

0
-67.8 vs Commons average
Rank 643 of 650
Appearances
1,107
+1039.2 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
0
-120.4 vs Commons average
Rank 642 of 650
Contributions
1,342
+1221.6 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,183,202
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£84,964
62 % below average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
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

Defence
3 of 6 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
No topic data
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
No topic data
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
No topic data
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
No topic data
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 19 Apr 2017
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]: Report Stage Amendment 1 29 Mar 2017
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]: Report Stage New Clause 2 29 Mar 2017
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]: Report Stage New Clause 1 29 Mar 2017
Benefits
No
No
EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Lords Amendment 2 Motion to disagree 13 Mar 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No
EU (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Lords Amendment 1 Motion to disagree 13 Mar 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House New Clause 192 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
No
Where they voted the same
No
Technical and Further Education Bill: Lords Amendment 1 Motion to disagree 19 Apr 2017
Education
No
Aye
Early Parliamentary General Election 19 Apr 2017
Aye
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
Opposition Motion: DWP policies and low-income households 17 Jan 2017
Aye
Aye
Neighbourhood Planning Bill Report Stage Amendment 14 13 Dec 2016
Aye
Aye
Neighbourhood Planning Bill Report Stage New Clause 9 13 Dec 2016
Aye
Aye
Opposition motion: The Government's plan for Brexit motion as amended 7 Dec 2016
Aye
Aye
Opposition Motion: The Government's plan for Brexit (Prime Minister's Amdt) 7 Dec 2016
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API