The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Tuesday 1 September 2026.

Compare

Jim Shannon vs Matt Rodda

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 Matt Rodda
Matt Rodda
Lab Reading Central

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Matt Rodda voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 1,525 shared comparable votes.

390 same votes 1,135 different votes 1,525 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
2 Aye 2 No
Cost of Living 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
70 Aye 38 No
Migration 46% aligned 108 shared votes
34 Aye 74 No
25 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 44% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 31 No
Benefits 41% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 16 No
Housing 40% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 21 No
Energy 10% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
56 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 159 shared votes
96 Aye 63 No
81 Aye 119 No
Tax 14% aligned 200 shared votes
132 Aye 68 No
24 Aye 41 No
Education 14% aligned 65 shared votes
46 Aye 19 No
26 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 14% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 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
81.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 168 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,106 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
941
54.7 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
779
45.3 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8 % 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
81
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
101
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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
£1,641,237
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£254,181
12 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 54 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Education
70 of 76 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Work / Employment
67 of 73 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
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) 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
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
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
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API