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Jim Shannon vs Yuan Yang

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
Photograph of Yuan Yang
Yuan Yang
Lab Earley and Woodley

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Yuan Yang voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 442 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 388 different votes 442 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
14 Aye 5 No
Housing 47% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 9 No
Benefits 30% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 29% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 18% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
43 Aye 51 No
Tax 2% aligned 94 shared votes
53 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 8 No
Transport 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 165 of 649
2,025
2,373 eligible divisions
Total votes
480
587 eligible divisions
1,049
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
47.3% of votes cast
976
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
253
52.7% of votes cast
24
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1,257
+1176.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
36
-44.7 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 649
1,596
+1455.4 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Contributions
46
-94.6 vs Commons average
Rank 517 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
£213,042
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30% above average
Latest expenses
£213,042
6% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
6 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
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
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
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
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
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
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