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Jim Shannon vs Hilary Benn

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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Hilary Benn
Lab Leeds South

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Hilary Benn voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 1,589 shared comparable votes.

416 same votes 1,173 different votes 1,589 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
71 Aye 42 No
Migration 47% aligned 113 shared votes
33 Aye 80 No
25 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 45% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 15 No
Housing 40% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 33 No
Benefits 40% aligned 60 shared votes
37 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
64 Aye 114 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 178 shared votes
110 Aye 68 No
22 Aye 19 No
Energy 15% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 16% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
88 Aye 113 No
Tax 16% aligned 201 shared votes
127 Aye 74 No
28 Aye 48 No
Education 18% aligned 76 shared votes
54 Aye 22 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
77.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 266 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,823
2,361 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.8 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
788
43.2 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
27 years, 1 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

1,221
+1143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
57
-21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 649
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
457
+318.5 vs Commons average
Rank 22 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
68 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 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
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
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
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
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