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Shabana Mahmood vs Jim Shannon

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

Photograph of Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lab Birmingham Ladywood
vs
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Jim Shannon
DUP Strangford

Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Jim Shannon voted the same way 27% of the time, based on 1,067 shared comparable votes.

287 same votes 780 different votes 1,067 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 8 No
NHS / Health 56% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 50% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 11 No
Benefits 44% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 40% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 38% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
110 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 177 shared votes
63 Aye 114 No
95 Aye 44 No
Tax 18% aligned 139 shared votes
57 Aye 82 No
13 Aye 17 No
Housing 20% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 8 No
Energy 21% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

53.6 %
19 % below average
Rank 612 of 649
Participation
85.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,266
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,016
2,361 eligible divisions
729
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,041
51.6 % of votes cast
537
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
975
48.4 % of votes cast
12
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
24
1.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

73
-5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 649
Appearances
1,221
+1143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 2 of 649
838
+699.5 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 649
Contributions
1,524
+1385.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,371,512
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,632
30 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
5
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
182 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
63 of 66 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#5
Benefits
74 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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