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Catherine Atkinson vs Jim Shannon

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

Photograph of Catherine Atkinson
Catherine Atkinson
Lab Derby North
vs
Photograph of Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Catherine Atkinson and Jim Shannon voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 421 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 356 different votes 421 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
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 50% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 13 No
Benefits 29% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 27% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
51 Aye 35 No
Tax 2% aligned 86 shared votes
37 Aye 49 No

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

Voting record

79.1%
6% above average
Rank 221 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 88 of 649
459
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,018
2,366 eligible divisions
239
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,043
51.7% of votes cast
220
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
975
48.3% of votes cast
13
2.8% 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

88
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 649
Appearances
1,237
+1158.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
180
+42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Contributions
1,557
+1419.9 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£207,563
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£207,563
8% below average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
4
2 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27 11 Feb 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 11 Feb 2026
Devolution / Local Government Tax
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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