Jim Shannon — Hear, Hear

Voting record

1

Voted for

6

Voted against

2

Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Jim Shannon’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Bill votes All votes Live bills

Whip meter Estimate 100%

How often Jim Shannon voted the same way as most of the Democratic Unionist Party party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes

Representation of the People Bill — voted didn't vote at 3rd reading

Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted No at 2nd reading

Railways Bill — voted No at 2nd reading

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted No at 2nd reading

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted No at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

Jim Shannon doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held

Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Human Rights) — Opposition Department (2017-07-01 to 2024-05-30) Shadow

Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Health) — Opposition Department (2015-05-08 to 2024-05-30) Shadow

Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Transport) — Opposition Department (2015-05-08 to 2017-06-08) Shadow

Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Equality) — Opposition Department (2015-05-08 to 2017-06-08) Shadow

Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Human Rights) — Opposition Department (2012-04-03 to 2015-03-30) Shadow

Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Health) — Opposition Department (2010-05-12 to 2015-03-30) Shadow

Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Transport) — Opposition Department (2010-05-12 to 2015-03-30) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Jim Shannon →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: THE FORB FOUNDATION, Matthew Jones, Secretariat to APPG FoRB
Address of donor: 5 Thornbury Close, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 1HP
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Accommodation including some meals (£320), flights (£305.53) and other food (£222.21), value £847.74
Destination of visit: Iraq (Erbil)
Dates of visit: 15 February 2026 to 20 February 2026
Purpose of visit: Part of a delegation to Iraq to look at the state of FoRB in Kurdistan, from the perspective of churches that are registered there. We met the Prime minister and Minister of Foreign affairs who is responsible for FoRB. We also looked at the economy and how faiths are looked after as refugees within Kurdistan.
(Registered 5 March 2026)

6. Land and property portfolio with a value over £100,000 and where indicated, the portfolio provides a rental income of over £10,000 a year

Type of land/property: Residential property (holiday home)
Number of properties: 1
Location: no location provided, United States
Ownership details: part-share

Type of land/property: Agricultural land (40 acres of land and farm)
Location: Ballygarvin
(Registered 31 May 2021; updated 6 July 2017)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Jim Shannon yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Jim Shannon has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£333,623.61 paid out to or for Jim Shannon across 218 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include Jim Shannon’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category

Staffing — £215,721.34 (1 claim)

Accommodation — £48,151.55 (85 claims)

Office Costs — £44,777.19 (120 claims)

MP Travel — £18,779.34 (6 claims)

Staff Travel — £6,194.19 (6 claims)

Most recent claims

Utilities — £414.35, 2026-03-31 — Water

Utilities — £188.82, 2026-03-31 — Electricity

Hotel - London — £880.00, 2026-03-23 — [***] [***] [***] [200013613-3767]

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £289.19, 2026-03-13 — Landline & internet package

Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £56.48, 2026-03-13 — Internet

Hotel - London — £617.50, 2026-03-10 — [***] [***] [***] [200013613-6601]

Hotel - London — £660.00, 2026-03-03 — [***] [***] [***] [200013613-15144]

Utilities — £213.82, 2026-02-27 — Electricity

Every claim on file for Jim Shannon →

Early Day Motions

Jim Shannon has tabled 31 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 120 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Jim Shannon personally tabled — not motions Jim Shannon may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled

100 years of the Cafolla restaurant — tabled 2026-09-14, 1 sponsor

90th anniversary of the Bangor Missionary Convention — tabled 2026-09-14, 2 sponsors

25th anniversary of 9-11 attacks — tabled 2026-09-07, 4 sponsors

32 members of the Prison Service who lost their lives in the line of duty — tabled 2026-09-07, 5 sponsors

Passing of global icon and philanthropist Dolly Parton — tabled 2026-09-01, 4 sponsors

30 years of SAT-7's ministry — tabled 2026-09-01, 2 sponsors

Sam Neill — tabled 2026-07-14, 5 sponsors

Phenylketonuria awareness and treatment access in Northern Ireland — tabled 2026-07-06, 2 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Jim Shannon is a listed officer of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief — Chair & Registered Contact

Declared funding: The FoRB Foundation (£39,001-40,500).

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Pakistani Minorities — Chair & Registered Contact

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Respiratory Health — Chair & Registered Contact

No declared funding on file.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Baha'i Faith — Secretary

Declared funding: Office of Public Affairs, Baha'i Community of the UK (£3,001-4,500).

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vascular and Venous Disease — Chair & Registered Contact

Declared funding: Healthcomms Consulting Ltd (part of PLMR group) (£70,501-72,000).

Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: Healthcomms Consulting Ltd (part of PLMR group) — about £71,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vascular and Venous Disease).

Healthcomms Consulting Ltd (part of PLMR group) — about £71,250.50, 1 group

The FoRB Foundation — about £39,750.50, 1 group

Office of Public Affairs, Baha'i Community of the UK — about £3,750.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Jim Shannon personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Jim Shannon is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.