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Jim Shannon vs Zarah Sultana

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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Zarah Sultana
YP Coventry South

Voting alignment

Jim Shannon and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 1,057 shared comparable votes.

414 same votes 643 different votes 1,057 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
19 Aye 27 No
Benefits 61% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 61% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 14 No
Housing 53% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 12 No
Trade 51% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
66 Aye 36 No
Migration 48% aligned 102 shared votes
31 Aye 71 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 13% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 19 No
Energy 16% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
62 Aye 78 No
Tax 22% aligned 140 shared votes
95 Aye 45 No
18 Aye 30 No
Education 25% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 29% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 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
74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 324 of 649
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,225
1,643 eligible divisions
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
634
51.8 % of votes cast
975
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
591
48.2 % of votes cast
24
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

1,215
+1137.4 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
Appearances
14
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
1,515
+1377.1 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
16
-121.9 vs Commons average
Rank 603 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
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£293,632
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
#3
Housing
45 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Benefits
74 of 81 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 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
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
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
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