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Jim Shannon vs Alberto Costa

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 Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Alberto Costa voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 1,681 shared comparable votes.

1,302 same votes 379 different votes 1,681 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
22 Aye 25 No
Energy 94% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
71 Aye 122 No
Brexit / EU 88% aligned 193 shared votes
77 Aye 116 No
105 Aye 128 No
Tax 88% aligned 233 shared votes
92 Aye 141 No
27 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 35 No
Education 83% aligned 58 shared votes
21 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 28 No
Benefits 49% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
72 Aye 40 No
Migration 54% aligned 112 shared votes
74 Aye 38 No
16 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 55% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 15 No
Housing 66% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 42 No
Foreign Affairs 68% aligned 59 shared votes
20 Aye 39 No

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

Voting record

85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
979
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

1,276
+1193.7 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
22
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
1,633
+1489.5 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 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
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye rebel
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27 11 Feb 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 11 Feb 2026
Devolution / Local Government Tax
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 2 13 Nov 2025
Housing
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 120B 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
No
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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