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Jim Shannon vs Liz Kendall

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 Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Liz Kendall voted the same way 28% of the time, based on 1,336 shared comparable votes.

373 same votes 963 different votes 1,336 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 12 No
Defence 61% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
65 Aye 41 No
Migration 48% aligned 106 shared votes
32 Aye 74 No
16 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 44% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
23 Aye 32 No
Benefits 42% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
62 Aye 117 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 179 shared votes
113 Aye 66 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 15% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 18 No
Energy 17% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
77 Aye 101 No
Tax 17% aligned 178 shared votes
114 Aye 64 No
20 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 18% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 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
64.4 %
8 % below average
Rank 527 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,520
2,361 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
872
57.4 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
648
42.6 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

1,221
+1143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
44
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 649
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
562
+423.5 vs Commons average
Rank 14 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Benefits
62 of 81 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
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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: 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
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 17 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
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