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Emma Hardy vs Jim Shannon

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

Photograph of Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Lab Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
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Photograph of Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Emma Hardy and Jim Shannon voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 1,309 shared comparable votes.

338 same votes 971 different votes 1,309 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
21 Aye 11 No
Housing 50% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 19 No
Benefits 49% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 46% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 62 No
Migration 41% aligned 85 shared votes
55 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 41% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 10 No
Energy 9% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
96 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 157 shared votes
54 Aye 103 No
105 Aye 54 No
Tax 14% aligned 159 shared votes
64 Aye 95 No
24 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 15% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 18 No
Education 18% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

70.6 %
2 % below average
Rank 415 of 649
Participation
85.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,487
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
805
54.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
682
45.9 % of votes cast
No votes
975
48.4 % of votes cast
8
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2 % of votes cast
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

76
-2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Appearances
1,221
+1143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
394
+255.5 vs Commons average
Rank 36 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

£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£312,134
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
6
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 40 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
160 of 188 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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