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Jim Shannon vs Keir Mather

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 Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Keir Mather voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 498 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 424 different votes 498 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
8 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 45% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 45% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Trade 27% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 15 No
Benefits 25% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 48 No
Tax 4% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 7 No
Transport 4% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 13 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 11 No
Defence 7% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 9% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 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 88 of 649
Participation
75.4%
3% above average
Rank 301 of 649
2,018
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
593
786 eligible divisions
1,043
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
291
49.1% of votes cast
975
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
302
50.9% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
3 years, 1 months
Since 20 Jul 2023

Debates

1,237
+1158.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
103
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
1,557
+1419.9 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Contributions
507
+369.9 vs Commons average
Rank 17 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
£451,152
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£306,391
35% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Education
50 of 52 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Transport
31 of 33 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
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
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
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
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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