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Douglas Lumsden vs Jim Shannon

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


Voting alignment

Douglas Lumsden and Jim Shannon voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 58 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 2 different votes 58 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 4 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 6 No
Trade 100% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 1 No
Defence 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 4 No
Tax 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 6 No
Trade 100% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 1 No
Defence 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 231 of 650
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 78 of 650
66
84 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,062
2,417 eligible divisions
31
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,065
51.6% of votes cast
35
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
997
48.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2% of votes cast
4 months
Since 18 Jun 2026
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

86
-8.2 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 650
Appearances
1,431
+1336.8 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
140
-24.1 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
Contributions
1,884
+1719.9 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
1
1 registered category
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
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
206 of 212 votes
Trade
6 of 6 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
5 of 5 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
4 of 4 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API