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Peter Swallow vs Jim Shannon

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

Photograph of Peter Swallow
Peter Swallow
Lab Bracknell
vs
Photograph of Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Peter Swallow and Jim Shannon voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 459 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 405 different votes 459 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
12 Aye 10 No
Housing 45% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 29% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 21% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
2 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 18% aligned 11 shared votes
11 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
35 Aye 42 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 16 No
Transport 4% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 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 84 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
501
587 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,025
2,373 eligible divisions
243
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
51.8% of votes cast
258
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
976
48.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

193
+112.3 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 649
Appearances
1,257
+1176.3 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
280
+139.4 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 649
Contributions
1,596
+1455.4 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£169,409
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£169,409
25% below average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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 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
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
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Third Reading 25 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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