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Jim Shannon vs Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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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Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 1,246 shared comparable votes.

948 same votes 298 different votes 1,246 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
15 Aye 24 No
Energy 92% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
66 Aye 98 No
Tax 89% aligned 164 shared votes
56 Aye 108 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 89% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
55 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 88% aligned 162 shared votes
60 Aye 102 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 83% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 13 No
Benefits 39% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 11 No
Defence 47% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 53% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 58% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
68 Aye 28 No
Migration 58% aligned 96 shared votes
62 Aye 34 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 86 of 649
Participation
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 484 of 649
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,415
2,121 eligible divisions
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
702
49.6% of votes cast
979
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
713
50.4% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

1,276
+1193.7 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
1,633
+1489.5 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Contributions
277
+133.5 vs Commons average
Rank 68 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
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
18
5 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
Brexit / EU
167 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 87 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Migration
134 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Sept 2025
No
Aye
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Third Reading 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Second Reading 28 Apr 2025
No
No
Football Governance Bills [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 28 Apr 2025
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 12 Mar 2025
Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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