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Fred Thomas vs Jim Shannon

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

Photograph of Fred Thomas
Fred Thomas
Lab Plymouth Moor View
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Photograph of Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Jim Shannon voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 330 different votes 368 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
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 17% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 17% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
0 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
31 Aye 56 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 649
Participation
85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
234
58.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
168
41.8% of votes cast
No votes
979
48.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

42
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 649
Appearances
1,269
+1187.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
56
-86.3 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
Contributions
1,620
+1477.7 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
6
3 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 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 2 13 Nov 2025
Housing
Aye
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