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Jess Phillips vs Jim Shannon

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

Photograph of Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips
Lab Birmingham Yardley
vs
Photograph of Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Jess Phillips and Jim Shannon voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 1,441 shared comparable votes.

374 same votes 1,067 different votes 1,441 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
4 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
25 Aye 19 No
Benefits 48% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
33 Aye 73 No
Migration 47% aligned 106 shared votes
67 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 42% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 26 No
Defence 38% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
110 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 174 shared votes
61 Aye 113 No
25 Aye 14 No
Energy 15% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 18% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
115 Aye 65 No
Tax 18% aligned 180 shared votes
81 Aye 99 No
17 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 21% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

69.2%
3% below average
Rank 444 of 649
Participation
85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
1,645
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
943
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
702
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
979
48.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

56
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 650
Appearances
1,295
+1211.4 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
223
+77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 114 of 650
Contributions
1,661
+1515.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,246,747
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£267,662
18% above average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
10
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

Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Defence
56 of 71 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
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: 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 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
Where they voted the same
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
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: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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
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