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Jim Shannon vs Emma Foody

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 Emma Foody
Emma Foody
Lab Cramlington and Killingworth

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Emma Foody voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 449 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 396 different votes 449 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
14 Aye 5 No
Housing 42% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 32% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 9 No
Benefits 30% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
36 Aye 55 No
Tax 2% aligned 91 shared votes
57 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
Participation
84.2%
12% above average
Rank 112 of 649
2,025
2,373 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
587 eligible divisions
1,049
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
48.8% of votes cast
976
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
253
51.2% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1,257
+1176.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
38
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649
1,596
+1455.4 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Contributions
46
-94.6 vs Commons average
Rank 516 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
£188,107
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£188,107
17% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
39 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
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
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
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
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
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
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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