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Jim Shannon vs Derek Twigg

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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Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Derek Twigg voted the same way 28% of the time, based on 1,195 shared comparable votes.

339 same votes 856 different votes 1,195 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
18 Aye 12 No
Housing 53% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 28 No
Benefits 50% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
2 Aye 2 No
Cost of Living 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
25 Aye 11 No
Defence 44% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 44% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 95 No
Brexit / EU 10% aligned 140 shared votes
95 Aye 45 No
19 Aye 18 No
Energy 11% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 14% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
68 Aye 100 No
Tax 16% aligned 168 shared votes
109 Aye 59 No
15 Aye 25 No
Education 18% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 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
58.1 %
15 % below average
Rank 587 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,371
2,361 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
792
57.8 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
579
42.2 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
25
1.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

1,221
+1143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
53
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
43
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 523 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 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
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) 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
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
No
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
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
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