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Jim Shannon vs Alex Easton

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

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Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford
vs
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Alex Easton
Ind North Down

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Alex Easton voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 246 shared comparable votes.

231 same votes 15 different votes 246 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
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Trade 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 8 No
Energy 69% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 76% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 20 No
Education 93% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 30 No
Tax 93% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 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 90 of 649
Participation
43.7 %
29 % below average
Rank 630 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
251
575 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
118
47.0 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
133
53.0 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1,221
+1143.1 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
Appearances
96
+18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650
1,524
+1385.7 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650
Contributions
124
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£190,220
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£190,220
16 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Energy
13 of 20 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
6 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
No
Aye rebel
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No rebel
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No
Aye rebel
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No rebel
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
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