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Margaret Mullane vs Jim Shannon

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

Photograph of Margaret Mullane
Margaret Mullane
Lab Dagenham and Rainham
vs
Photograph of Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Margaret Mullane and Jim Shannon voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 470 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 399 different votes 470 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
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 50% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 34% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 21% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 18% aligned 11 shared votes
11 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
54 Aye 43 No
Tax 2% aligned 97 shared votes
45 Aye 52 No
9 Aye 19 No
Transport 4% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

87.9%
15% above average
Rank 45 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 88 of 649
510
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,018
2,366 eligible divisions
264
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,043
51.7% of votes cast
246
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
975
48.3% of votes cast
20
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

6
-72.7 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 649
Appearances
1,237
+1158.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
6
-131.1 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
Contributions
1,557
+1419.9 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£165,025
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£165,025
27% below average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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

Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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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