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Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party MP for Strangford
Jim Shannon is the Democratic Unionist Party MP for Strangford, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010.
Seat status
Safe
Percentage of votes
13.19%
Recent swing
-0.5% Democratic Unionist Party
Party
Democratic Unionist Party
Top donors:
The FORB Foundation (Secretariat to APPG FoRB) (£430)
THE FORB FOUNDATION, Matthew Jones, Secretariat to APPG FoRB (£320)
Key Parliamentary VotesSee where your MP stands on these issues
DID NOT VOTE4 Sept 2025
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
✓ Passed — 336 For, 77 Against
VOTED NO9 Mar 2026
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
✓ Passed — 307 For, 173 Against
VOTED NO10 Mar 2026
Courts and Tribunals Bill
✓ Passed — 304 For, 203 Against
Where Jim fits into things
Surgeries
Monthly in-person, occasional online
Examples of successful citizen influence
- Coordinated constituent emails leading to parliamentary questions
- Local campaign prompting a public statement
Pressure that tends to influence
- High volume constituent contact
- Media attention on local issues
- Cross-party committee pressure
Committees
No current committee memberships