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Jim Shannon vs Andy McDonald

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 Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Andy McDonald voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 1,560 shared comparable votes.

396 same votes 1,164 different votes 1,560 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
27 Aye 30 No
Benefits 51% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
65 Aye 39 No
Migration 48% aligned 104 shared votes
27 Aye 77 No
23 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 38% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
38 Aye 20 No
Defence 34% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 15 No
Digital / Online Safety 34% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 114 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 177 shared votes
110 Aye 67 No
23 Aye 21 No
Energy 11% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 15% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 45 No
Education 16% aligned 69 shared votes
48 Aye 21 No
94 Aye 125 No
Tax 16% aligned 219 shared votes
140 Aye 79 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
75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 298 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,787
2,361 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
995
55.7 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
792
44.3 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
13 years, 8 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

1,221
+1143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
92
+14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
129
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 217 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
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
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
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