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Jim Shannon vs Leigh Ingham

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
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Leigh Ingham
Lab Stafford

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Leigh Ingham voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 356 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 306 different votes 356 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
16 Aye 5 No
Housing 48% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 29% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 23% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
36 Aye 28 No
3 Aye 2 No
Trade 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
17 Aye 5 No
Transport 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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
66.7%
5% below average
Rank 475 of 649
2,020
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
388
582 eligible divisions
1,045
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
192
49.5% of votes cast
975
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
196
50.5% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1,249
+1169.4 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
112
+32.4 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 649
1,576
+1437.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Contributions
126
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 234 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
£240,870
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£240,870
6% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Housing
30 of 31 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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 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
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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
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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