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Jim Shannon vs Sir Ashley Fox

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford
vs
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Sir Ashley Fox
Con Bridgwater

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Sir Ashley Fox voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 406 shared comparable votes.

363 same votes 43 different votes 406 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
40 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
40 Aye 49 No
9 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 8 No
Energy 100% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 3 No
Housing 50% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 78% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 80% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 0 No
Migration 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 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 78 of 650
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 260 of 650
2,054
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
620 eligible divisions
1,062
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
45.8% of votes cast
992
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
260
54.2% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1,407
+1314.9 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
Appearances
190
+97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 650
1,838
+1677.9 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 650
Contributions
282
+121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£159,406
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£159,406
30% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
206 of 212 votes
#1
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Environment / Climate
47 of 49 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Tax
100 of 114 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye rebel
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 120B 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
No
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API