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Jim Shannon vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 574 shared comparable votes.

83 same votes 491 different votes 574 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
19 Aye 4 No
Housing 43% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 15 No
Benefits 31% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 3 No
Migration 27% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 52 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 65 shared votes
52 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
20 Aye 10 No
Transport 3% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 6 No
Defence 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

85.3%
14% above average
Rank 87 of 649
Participation
28.4%
43% below average
Rank 631 of 649
2,020
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
673
2,368 eligible divisions
1,045
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
382
56.8% of votes cast
975
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
291
43.2% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

1,249
+1169.4 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
70
-9.6 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
1,576
+1437.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Contributions
585
+446.3 vs Commons average
Rank 12 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Housing
37 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Education
47 of 96 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Work / Employment
30 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
35 of 95 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
73 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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 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
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
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
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
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