The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Tuesday 1 September 2026.

Compare

Jim Shannon vs Andrew Western

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 Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Andrew Western voted the same way 18% of the time, based on 594 shared comparable votes.

105 same votes 489 different votes 594 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
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 48% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 5 No
Trade 36% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
32 Aye 10 No
Migration 36% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
1 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 32% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 4 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
38 Aye 55 No
Tax 3% aligned 93 shared votes
54 Aye 39 No
14 Aye 32 No
Education 4% aligned 46 shared votes
34 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 7 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 12 No
Energy 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 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
72.9 %
same as average
Rank 365 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
698
958 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
344
49.3 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
354
50.7 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
3 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

1,221
+1143.1 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
Appearances
48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
1,524
+1385.7 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 650
Contributions
305
+166.7 vs Commons average
Rank 55 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
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
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
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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
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
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
No
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
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API