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Jim Shannon vs Mr Toby Perkins

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford
vs
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Mr Toby Perkins
Lab Chesterfield

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 1,511 shared comparable votes.

380 same votes 1,131 different votes 1,511 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
65 Aye 40 No
Migration 50% aligned 105 shared votes
30 Aye 75 No
24 Aye 32 No
Benefits 39% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 39% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
38 Aye 21 No
Defence 34% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 111 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 171 shared votes
108 Aye 63 No
21 Aye 23 No
Energy 14% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
92 Aye 103 No
Tax 16% aligned 195 shared votes
120 Aye 75 No
23 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 16% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 38 No
Education 18% aligned 62 shared votes
47 Aye 15 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
73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 346 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,733
2,361 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
959
55.3 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
774
44.7 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % 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
86
+8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 649
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
146
+7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 188 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
65 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 43 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 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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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
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