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Jim Shannon vs Rushanara Ali

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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Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 1,572 shared comparable votes.

408 same votes 1,164 different votes 1,572 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
68 Aye 37 No
Migration 46% aligned 105 shared votes
33 Aye 72 No
27 Aye 29 No
Benefits 43% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 39% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 15 No
Housing 39% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 118 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 181 shared votes
111 Aye 70 No
24 Aye 23 No
Energy 13% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
90 Aye 123 No
Tax 15% aligned 213 shared votes
137 Aye 76 No
27 Aye 46 No
Education 18% aligned 73 shared votes
53 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 22% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 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
76.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 280 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,802
2,361 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,023
56.8 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
779
43.2 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
18
1.0 % 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
39
-39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 500 of 649
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
36
-102.5 vs Commons average
Rank 547 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Housing
58 of 66 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
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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