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Jim Shannon vs Gill Furniss

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 Gill Furniss
Gill Furniss
Lab Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Gill Furniss voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 1,427 shared comparable votes.

351 same votes 1,076 different votes 1,427 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
2 Aye 2 No
Cost of Living 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
69 Aye 31 No
Migration 45% aligned 100 shared votes
30 Aye 70 No
23 Aye 30 No
Benefits 40% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 37% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
76 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 37% aligned 131 shared votes
69 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
75 Aye 120 No
Tax 10% aligned 195 shared votes
126 Aye 69 No
63 Aye 114 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 177 shared votes
110 Aye 67 No
27 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 12% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 19 No
Energy 17% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
32 Aye 19 No
Trade 18% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 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
71.3 %
1 % below average
Rank 401 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,647
2,310 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
911
55.3 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
736
44.7 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
10 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

1,221
+1143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
42
-36.0 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 649
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
37
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 544 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
£2,125,000
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£322,640
43 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
50 of 61 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 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
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API