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Martin Vickers vs Jim Shannon

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

Photograph of Martin Vickers
Martin Vickers
Con Brigg and Immingham
vs
Photograph of Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Martin Vickers and Jim Shannon voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 1,778 shared comparable votes.

1,414 same votes 364 different votes 1,778 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
22 Aye 27 No
Energy 94% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
73 Aye 126 No
Brexit / EU 92% aligned 199 shared votes
70 Aye 129 No
17 Aye 47 No
Education 88% aligned 64 shared votes
21 Aye 43 No
90 Aye 155 No
Tax 87% aligned 245 shared votes
107 Aye 138 No
31 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
81 Aye 38 No
Migration 55% aligned 119 shared votes
78 Aye 41 No
14 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 57% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 35 No
Benefits 65% aligned 55 shared votes
21 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 27 No
Defence 65% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 71% aligned 55 shared votes
15 Aye 40 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 95 of 649
Participation
85.4%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 649
2,019
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,028
2,376 eligible divisions
959
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.7% of votes cast
1,060
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
979
48.3% of votes cast
26
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

155
+72.8 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 649
Appearances
1,277
+1194.8 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
154
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 649
Contributions
1,632
+1488.7 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,256,309
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£210,269
7% below average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
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

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye rebel
No
Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026-27 11 Feb 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Local Government Finance Report (England) 2026-27 11 Feb 2026
Devolution / Local Government Tax
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 120B 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
No
Sentencing Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Sept 2025
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
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