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Euan Stainbank vs Jim Shannon

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

Photograph of Euan Stainbank
Euan Stainbank
Lab Falkirk
vs
Photograph of Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Euan Stainbank and Jim Shannon voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 477 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 418 different votes 477 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
12 Aye 10 No
Housing 45% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 14 No
Benefits 41% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 32% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
59 Aye 39 No
Tax 2% aligned 98 shared votes
41 Aye 57 No
9 Aye 19 No
Defence 4% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

88.6%
16% above average
Rank 34 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
520
587 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,025
2,373 eligible divisions
259
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.8% of votes cast
261
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
976
48.2% of votes cast
4
0.8% 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

133
+52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
Appearances
1,257
+1176.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
167
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Contributions
1,596
+1455.4 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£165,434
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£165,434
27% below average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
5
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
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
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
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