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Jim Shannon vs Paulette Hamilton

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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Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 779 shared comparable votes.

172 same votes 607 different votes 779 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
7 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 53% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 9 No
Housing 50% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 2 No
Cost of Living 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
50 Aye 29 No
Migration 42% aligned 79 shared votes
18 Aye 61 No
12 Aye 8 No
Trade 40% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 6 No
Transport 4% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
49 Aye 80 No
Tax 6% aligned 129 shared votes
80 Aye 49 No
13 Aye 16 No
Energy 7% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 34 No
Education 8% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 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
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 289 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
878
1,155 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
433
49.3 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
445
50.7 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 5 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

1,221
+1143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
60
-18.0 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 649
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
78
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 394 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 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
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
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
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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