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Jim Shannon vs Olivia Blake

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 Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Olivia Blake voted the same way 30% of the time, based on 1,071 shared comparable votes.

319 same votes 752 different votes 1,071 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
20 Aye 27 No
Benefits 53% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 11 No
Housing 50% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 2 No
Cost of Living 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
59 Aye 30 No
Migration 48% aligned 89 shared votes
31 Aye 58 No
26 Aye 17 No
Defence 44% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 38 No
Education 15% aligned 62 shared votes
43 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 15% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 16% aligned 45 shared votes
31 Aye 14 No
70 Aye 80 No
Tax 16% aligned 150 shared votes
96 Aye 54 No
12 Aye 17 No
Energy 17% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 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
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 319 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,229
1,643 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
646
52.6 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
583
47.4 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

1,221
+1143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
40
-38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 649
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
45
-93.5 vs Commons average
Rank 517 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
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
Education
66 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Work / Employment
56 of 67 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
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
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