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Jim Shannon vs Richard Burgon

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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Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Richard Burgon voted the same way 27% of the time, based on 1,652 shared comparable votes.

441 same votes 1,211 different votes 1,652 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
27 Aye 35 No
Benefits 48% aligned 62 shared votes
39 Aye 23 No
68 Aye 42 No
Migration 48% aligned 110 shared votes
33 Aye 77 No
26 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 44% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 12 No
Housing 38% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 24 No
Energy 8% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
63 Aye 114 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 177 shared votes
110 Aye 67 No
99 Aye 121 No
Tax 15% aligned 220 shared votes
139 Aye 81 No
31 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 15% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 41 No
Education 21% aligned 70 shared votes
44 Aye 26 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
80.1 %
7 % above average
Rank 199 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,890
2,361 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,040
55.0 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
850
45.0 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
43
2.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

1,221
+1143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
78
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 649
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
90
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 351 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
£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£301,574
33 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 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 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 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
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
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
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
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
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