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Jim Shannon vs Luke Pollard

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 Luke Pollard
Luke Pollard
Lab Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Luke Pollard voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 1,292 shared comparable votes.

334 same votes 958 different votes 1,292 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
NHS / Health 49% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 20 No
Benefits 47% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
70 Aye 38 No
Migration 47% aligned 108 shared votes
33 Aye 75 No
10 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 42% aligned 19 shared votes
17 Aye 2 No
19 Aye 10 No
Housing 38% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 160 shared votes
95 Aye 65 No
16 Aye 35 No
Education 12% aligned 51 shared votes
39 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 12% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 12% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
66 Aye 94 No
Tax 13% aligned 160 shared votes
107 Aye 53 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
69.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 442 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,460
2,106 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
807
55.3 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
653
44.7 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

1,221
+1143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
78
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 649
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
731
+592.5 vs Commons average
Rank 8 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
£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,067
37 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
61 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Migration
144 of 163 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
58 of 71 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Trade
71 of 87 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
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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
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
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 85 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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