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Jim Shannon vs Alan Gemmell

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

Photograph of Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford
vs
Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 426 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 376 different votes 426 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
16 Aye 6 No
Housing 45% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 9 No
Benefits 30% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 27% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Trade 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
35 Aye 55 No
Tax 2% aligned 90 shared votes
57 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 649
2,025
2,373 eligible divisions
Total votes
468
587 eligible divisions
1,049
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
52.1% of votes cast
976
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.9% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1,257
+1176.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
56
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 649
1,596
+1455.4 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Contributions
64
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
205 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
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