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Jim Shannon vs Samantha Dixon

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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Samantha Dixon
Lab Chester North and Neston

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Samantha Dixon voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 616 shared comparable votes.

124 same votes 492 different votes 616 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 4 No
Housing 54% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
36 Aye 14 No
Migration 42% aligned 50 shared votes
15 Aye 35 No
11 Aye 6 No
Trade 41% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 41% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 4 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 0 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 19 No
Education 7% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
46 Aye 49 No
Tax 7% aligned 95 shared votes
50 Aye 45 No
12 Aye 13 No
Energy 8% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 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
73.7 %
1 % above average
Rank 339 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
725
984 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
357
49.2 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
368
50.8 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
3 years, 8 months
Since 1 Dec 2022

Debates

1,221
+1143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
63
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
277
+138.5 vs Commons average
Rank 62 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
£667,714
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,379
38 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
20 of 23 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Migration
83 of 97 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
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
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