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Jim Shannon vs Kate Osborne

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 Kate Osborne
Kate Osborne
Lab Jarrow and Gateshead East

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Kate Osborne voted the same way 32% of the time, based on 921 shared comparable votes.

291 same votes 630 different votes 921 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
21 Aye 16 No
Benefits 65% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
62 Aye 31 No
Migration 48% aligned 93 shared votes
24 Aye 69 No
25 Aye 18 No
Defence 47% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 12 No
Trade 41% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 41% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 17 No
Brexit / EU 14% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
58 Aye 71 No
Tax 16% aligned 129 shared votes
85 Aye 44 No
13 Aye 19 No
Energy 16% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 29 No
Education 17% aligned 47 shared votes
33 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 22% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 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
64.0 %
9 % below average
Rank 530 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,051
1,643 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
544
51.8 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
507
48.2 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
15
1.4 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

1,221
+1143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
5
-73.0 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
5
-133.5 vs Commons average
Rank 623 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
£1,466,346
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£344,831
52 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Migration
131 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
31 of 37 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
41 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
34 of 44 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Education
50 of 69 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
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
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
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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