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Jim Shannon vs Rachel Reeves

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
Photograph of Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves
Lab Leeds West and Pudsey

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Rachel Reeves voted the same way 28% of the time, based on 1,028 shared comparable votes.

289 same votes 739 different votes 1,028 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 8 No
Defence 65% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
50 Aye 32 No
Migration 50% aligned 82 shared votes
19 Aye 63 No
22 Aye 20 No
Benefits 50% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
64 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 38% aligned 100 shared votes
46 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
55 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 12% aligned 161 shared votes
103 Aye 58 No
29 Aye 19 No
Trade 15% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No
12 Aye 14 No
Energy 19% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
55 Aye 87 No
Tax 20% aligned 142 shared votes
103 Aye 39 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
50.1 %
23 % below average
Rank 623 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,183
2,361 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
678
57.3 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
505
42.7 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % 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
71
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
565
+426.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 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
£3,061,546
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£291,343
29 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
166 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Migration
115 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Trade
56 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
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
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
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025 12 Feb 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
Rwanda Bill motion to disagree with Lords amendment 10F 22 Apr 2024
No
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