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Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party Strangford

Voting record

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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 →

Every Commons division on file for Jim Shannon — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 2,028 of 2,376 (85%). Recorded in both lobbies (a deliberate abstention) 5 times.

4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading Ayes 411, Noes 102 no vote recorded
2 Sep 2026 Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 Ayes 85, Noes 427 no vote recorded
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading Ayes 264, Noes 90 no vote recorded
13 Jul 2026 Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Ayes 97, Noes 358 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Ayes 144, Noes 244 no vote recorded
28 Apr 2026 Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 Ayes 308, Noes 81 no vote recorded
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 Ayes 281, Noes 70 no vote recorded
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence Ayes 98, Noes 306 no vote recorded
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Ayes 90, Noes 297 no vote recorded
9 Dec 2025 UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion Ayes 100, Noes 100 no vote recorded
13 Nov 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 Ayes 255, Noes 128 no vote recorded
2 Sep 2025 English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Second Reading Ayes 365, Noes 164 no vote recorded
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Welfare Ayes 106, Noes 440 no vote recorded
11 Jul 2025 Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1 Ayes 0, Noes 47 no vote recorded
11 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 58 no vote recorded
4 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 33 no vote recorded
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill: Third Reading Ayes 312, Noes 95 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 Ayes 180, Noes 307 no vote recorded
4 Jun 2025 Product Regulation and Metrology Bill [Lords]: Third Reading Ayes 264, Noes 99 no vote recorded
14 May 2025 Data (Use and Access) Bill CCLM: motion to disagree Lords Amendment 43B Ayes 304, Noes 68 no vote recorded
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 Ayes 87, Noes 404 no vote recorded
30 Apr 2025 Sentencing Guidelines Third Reading Ayes 214, Noes 3 no vote recorded
25 Apr 2025 Closure motion Ayes 12, Noes 50 no vote recorded
25 Apr 2025 Sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 73 no vote recorded
28 Mar 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 0, Noes 44 no vote recorded
17 Mar 2025 Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: Amendment 171 Ayes 65, Noes 317 no vote recorded
7 Mar 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 75 no vote recorded
10 Feb 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Second Reading Ayes 333, Noes 109 no vote recorded
24 Jan 2025 Motion to adjourn debate Ayes 120, Noes 7 no vote recorded
14 Jan 2025 Renters' Rights Bill Report Stage: Government New Clause 14 Ayes 372, Noes 114 no vote recorded
10 Dec 2024 Finance Bill Committee: New Clause 2 Ayes 74, Noes 350 no vote recorded
12 Nov 2024 House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Third Reading Ayes 435, Noes 73 no vote recorded
21 Oct 2024 Employment Rights Bill: Second Reading Ayes 386, Noes 105 no vote recorded
21 Oct 2024 Employment Rights Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading Ayes 105, Noes 386 no vote recorded
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

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
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

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.

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