Jim Shannon MP: votes, interests and costs
Jim Shannon represents Strangford in the House of Commons for Democratic Unionist Party and has done since 6 May 2010.
Offices and committees
UK Parliament records Jim Shannon as a current member of these 2 committees.
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 26 June 2025 | Current |
| Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill | 18 June 2025 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Human Rights) | Opposition Department | 1 July 2017 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Health) | Opposition Department | 8 May 2015 | 30 May 2024 |
| Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Transport) | Opposition Department | 8 May 2015 | 8 June 2017 |
| Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Equality) | Opposition Department | 8 May 2015 | 8 June 2017 |
| Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Human Rights) | Opposition Department | 3 April 2012 | 30 March 2015 |
| Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Health) | Opposition Department | 12 May 2010 | 30 March 2015 |
| Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Transport) | Opposition Department | 12 May 2010 | 30 March 2015 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill | 30 June 2025 | 2 July 2025 |
| Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill | 26 June 2025 | 2 July 2025 |
| Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill | 15 May 2024 | 22 May 2024 |
| Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill | 8 May 2024 | 15 May 2024 |
| School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill | 24 April 2024 | 1 May 2024 |
| Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill (Formerly known as International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill) | 17 April 2024 | 24 April 2024 |
| Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill | 21 February 2024 | 28 February 2024 |
| Pet Abduction Bill | 24 January 2024 | 31 January 2024 |
| Northern Ireland Affairs Committee | 9 January 2023 | 30 May 2024 |
| Pension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) Bill | 26 January 2022 | 2 February 2022 |
| Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill | 15 December 2021 | 5 January 2022 |
| Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill | 8 December 2021 | 15 December 2021 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 2c34541088cc.
Register of interests
Entries in the register for Jim Shannon, as the MP registered them: Land and property (within or outside the UK) (2), Visits outside the UK (1). Latest registration . Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Residential in no location provided
- Location of the land or property: no location provided
- A description of the property: holiday home
- Details about the ownership arrangements: part-share
- The number of properties this interest relates to: 1
- Country in which the land or property is located: United States
- The type of property: Residential
International visit to Iraq between 15 February 2026 and 20 February 2026
- Purpose of the 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.
- Date Member left the UK: 2026-02-15
- Date Member returned to the UK: 2026-02-20
- Associated All Parliamentary Group (APPG), where relevant: Freedom of Religion or Belief
Agricultural in Ballygarvin
- Location of the land or property: Ballygarvin
- A description of the property: 40 acres of land and farm
- Country in which the land or property is located: United Kingdom
- Use of the land: Agricultural
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 28 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
IPSA, the body that sets and pays MPs' business costs, records staffing spending of £215,721 for Jim Shannon in 2024-25 against a budget of £250,820. In 2023-24 it was £197,897. Office costs came to £30,434 of a £33,020 budget. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £215,721.34 | £197,896.63 | £176,967.15 |
| Office costs: spent | £30,434.47 | £28,476.17 | £28,267.54 |
| Accommodation: spent | £22,502.60 | £4,165.00 | £15,251.00 |
| Winding-up: spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £24,973.53 | £38,088.53 | £28,442.67 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £33,020, staffing £250,820, accommodation £29,290 (Standard non-London area budget; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Strangford CC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Parliamentary Assistant (permanent full time), Executive Assistant (permanent full time), Senior Administrative Officer (permanent part time), Secretary (permanent part time), Executive Office Manager (permanent full time), Administrative Officer/Comms Officer (permanent part time), Caseworker (permanent part time), Caseworker (casual) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
Jim Shannon is recorded voting in 569 divisions since 4 July 2024, according to the Commons Votes API. Of these, 65 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The 30 most recent on bills and motions are listed here. The most recent, on 21 October 2026, was an Aye on "Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 28 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Jim Shannon has tabled 2,353 written questions since 4 July 2024, according to the Written Questions API. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Treasury; Department of Health and Social Care.
Agriculture: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider supporting the adjusting and increasing of financial assistance available to the agriculture sector in the context of of extreme heat and prolonged dry weather on …
Fuels: Prices
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help reduce fuel costs for working families, including consideration of a targeted reduction on fuel duty in Northern Ireland.
Hospitality Industry: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a pilot reduction in VAT for the hospitality sector In Northern Ireland on local businesses and growth in tourism.
Surrogacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to P.Q. v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2026), what assessment he has made of whether the current system for determining reasonable expenses in surrogacy arrangements pro …
Surrogacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increased financial payments in surrogacy arrangements on the rights and welfare of children born through those arrangements.
Surrogacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she plans to take to ensure that women are not coerced and unduly pressured into becoming surrogates.
Surrogacy: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed surrogacy reforms on the commercialisation of surrogacy.
Child Rearing: Surrogacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds information on the long-term welfare outcomes of children born through surrogacy.
Surrogacy: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to legal parenthood in surrogacy arrangements on the level of disputes between surrogates and intended parents.
Surrogacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential risk that women experiencing financial hardship could be disproportionately represented among women acting as surrogates under the proposed reforms.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 1df9b67274ce. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Jim Shannon.
2024 general election
Jim Shannon won Strangford at the general election of 4 July 2024 with 15,559 votes (40.0%), a majority of 5,131 over Michelle Guy (Alliance). Result as published: DUP hold.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Strangford figures
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