Jim Shannon, the Democratic Unionist Party MP for Strangford, has been a particularly active parliamentarian in debates while showing notably lower participation in votes. Since his election in May 2010, he ranks 62nd among all active MPs for length of service and 3rd within his party. Shannon has cast 287 votes out of 575 eligible divisions for a participation rate of 49.91%, ranking him 319th overall in voting, though he ranks 2nd among his five Democratic Unionist Party colleagues on this measure. His debate activity is substantially higher, with 1,513 total contributions across 1,054 debates, making him the second most active contributor in the entire House of Commons, and his contributions have focused primarily on Foreign Affairs & Defence, Trade & Industry, and Local Government.

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