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Jim Shannon vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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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Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 411 shared comparable votes.

161 same votes 250 different votes 411 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
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 71% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 5 No
Housing 67% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 11 No
Benefits 56% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 56% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
26 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 50% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 18% aligned 34 shared votes
28 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
79.7 %
7 % above average
Rank 207 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
458
575 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
255
55.7 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
203
44.3 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1,215
+1137.4 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
203
+125.4 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 649
1,515
+1377.1 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
307
+169.1 vs Commons average
Rank 53 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
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Housing
30 of 31 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 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
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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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