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Chris Law vs Jim Shannon

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

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Chris Law
SNP Dundee Central
vs
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Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Chris Law and Jim Shannon voted the same way 31% of the time, based on 1,068 shared comparable votes.

326 same votes 742 different votes 1,068 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 13 No
Defence 68% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 64% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 63% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
0 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 57% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
28 Aye 74 No
Migration 44% aligned 102 shared votes
65 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
114 Aye 76 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 190 shared votes
69 Aye 121 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
24 Aye 28 No
Trade 21% aligned 52 shared votes
27 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

51.6 %
21 % below average
Rank 620 of 649
Participation
85.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,219
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
672
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
547
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
975
48.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

58
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
Appearances
1,221
+1143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
67
-71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
Contributions
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30 % above average
8
4 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
196 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
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