Strangford

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Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party

Data from TheyWorkForYou.

MP contact details

Email: jim.shannon.mp@parliament.uk
Phone: 020 7219 7160
Twitter: @JimShannonMP
Facebook: /Jim-Shannon-MP-477928115581090
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Wikipedia page

Data from UK Parliament, TheyWorkForYou, and Wikipedia.

Positions and memberships

Select committees

APPGs

Data from UK Parliament.

Stances

Topic	Position
MP stance on greater regulation of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to extract shale gas	No position
MP stance on the preservation of environmental protections after withdrawal from the EU	Almost always voted against
MP stance on improving environmental water quality	Voted a mixture of for and against
MP stance on improving air quality	Generally voted against
MP stance on increasing windfall tax on oil and gas companies	Consistently voted against
MP stance on higher taxes on plane tickets	Generally voted against
MP stance on financial incentives for low carbon emission electricity generation methods	No position
MP stance on measures to prevent climate change	Voted a mixture of for and against
MP stance on lower taxes on fuel for motor vehicles	Consistently voted against
MP stance on improving biodiversity	Almost always voted against

Data from TheyWorkForYou Votes. See this MP’s full voting record on TheyWorkForYou.

Votes and EDMs

Vote	Position
MP vote on Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas Bill	No
MP vote on Environment Bill	No
MP support for Cumbria coal mine court appeal	Supporter
MP support for Accelerating construction work and lower carbon construction vehicles	Supporter
MP support for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty	Supporter
MP support for Zero carbon homes	Did not support

Data from UK Parliament and TheyWorkForYou. Votes and EDMs selected for indicating support for climate/nature movement. See this MP’s full voting record on TheyWorkForYou.

Written Answers

Department	Topic	Date
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Agriculture: Employment	2026-02-11
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Animal Welfare	2026-02-10
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Agriculture: Profitability	2026-02-10

Data from TheyWorkForYou. Recent Written Answers to questions submitted by the MP to departments relevant to climate and nature. See this MP’s full record on TheyWorkForYou.

2024 majority

5,131

Data from UK Parliament. This information is provided because in the UK electoral system, political parties and the media will be paying more attention to marginal seats and therefore the voices of the people within them can have greater national impact.

Date elected

6th May 2010

Data from UK Parliament.

2025 Mass Lobby attendance

MP did not attend

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Place

Constituency history

This constituency was introduced at the July 2024 general election, and replaced the previous two new constituencies:

Strangford

Covered approximately 91% of this new constituency’s population, and 92% of this new constituency’s area.

South Down

Covered approximately 11% of this new constituency’s population, and 15% of this new constituency’s area.

Housing Tenure

	This area	National average
Owned with a mortgage	31.3%	28.9%
Other tenure	3.1%	1.2%
Owned outright	39.5%	33.3%
Private rented	13.3%	19.9%
Social rented	12.9%	16.8%

Data from ONS (England and Wales) and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated by House of Commons Library. Updated May 2024.

Estimated child poverty

22.5%

29.3% national average

Data from End Child Poverty, based on data from DWP/HMRC. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Percentage of children living in households with a net income (after housing costs) below 60% of the national median. Updated June 2024.

Constituency age distribution

	This area	National average
Ages 0 - 15	18.5%	18.3%
Ages 16 - 24	9.5%	10.5%
Ages 25 - 34	11.3%	13.2%
Ages 35 - 49	18.4%	19.1%
Ages 50 - 64	21.7%	19.8%
Ages 65 and over	20.6%	19.1%

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated by House of Commons Library. Updated May 2024.

Constituency Population

98,200

102,977.2 national average

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated by House of Commons Library. Updated May 2024.

Number of onshore windfarms

0.7 national average

Data from Wikipedia. Updated 2024-04-24.

Country of the UK

Northern Ireland

Data from mySociety. Updated 2024-04-24.

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)

2.8 national average

Data from ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland), and NISRA (Northern Ireland), collated and standardised by mySociety. This dataset has been automatically converted from 2010 parliamentary constituencies. Deciles of deprivation, from 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived). This uses a composite measure of deprivation (including income, employment, education, skills, health, crime, and housing) standardised across the countries of the UK.

Coastal constituency

Calculated with coastline data from the University of Exeter, based on the ONS / UK Census Mean High Water boundary. Constituencies touching the sea, or a river estuary more than 1km wide. Updated May 2024.

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Public opinion

Should government policy on climate change be going faster or slower?

	This area	National average
Go faster	0%	54.1%
Neither	0%	12.0%
Go slower	0%	30.9%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Results of last election

Party	Votes
Democratic Unionist Party	15559
apni	10428
Ulster Unionist Party	3941
Other	3556
Sinn Féin	2793
Social Democratic and Labour Party	1783
Green Party	703
Conservative Party	146

Data from UK Parliament. The results of the last parliamentary election held in this constituency Updated 2024-07-29.

EU (Brexit) leave vote percentage

50.5% national average

Data from UK Parliament. Percentage of constituents who voted to leave the EU in the 2016 referendum Updated February 2017.

Should the UK have closer economic ties with the EU, even if that means giving up some sovereignty?

	This area	National average
Closer ties with the EU	0%	51.5%
Neither	0%	6.1%
No closer with the EU	0%	39.5%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Would you support or oppose the building of onshore wind farms in your area?

	This area	National average
Neither	0%	18.6%
Oppose	0%	12.2%
Support	0%	66.3%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Do you think immigration has generally enriched or undermined society?

	This area	National average
Enriched	0%	37.2%
Neither	0%	12.5%
Undermined	0%	47.3%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Should the welfare system be expanded to help more people, or reduced to make benefits harder to get?

	This area	National average
Expanded	0%	34.1%
Neither	0%	11.5%
Reduced	0%	51.5%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Would you be comfortable paying more tax, if it meant more money were invested in public services like the NHS and education?

	This area	National average
Comfortable	0%	44.3%
Neither	0%	6.0%
Uncomfortable	0%	46.8%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Would you be comfortable with government debt going up, provided that money were invested in the economy and local services?

	This area	National average
Comfortable	0%	52.5%
Neither	0%	7.6%
Uncomfortable	0%	37.0%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Would you support or oppose the building of new housing in your area?

	This area	National average
Neither	0%	21.1%
Oppose	0%	17.8%
Support	0%	58.2%

FocalData MRP polling for Persuasion UK. Updated July 2024.

Second placed party at most recent election

APNI

Data from UK Parliament. The parliamentary party who came second in this constituency’s most recent election or by-election Updated 2024-07-29.

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Movement

Number of Act Now Change Forever local lobby meetings

0.1 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Constituents across the UK met their MPs as part of The Climate Coalition's Act Now Change Forever campaign in Autumn 2025. Updated 2026-01-22.

Constituents attending 2025 Act Now Change Forever Mass Lobby

7.8 national average

Data collected by The Climate Coalition. Updated July 2025.

Constituents pledged to meet MP as part of Common Grounds 2024

0.7 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Updated October 2024.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events

1.8 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of Great Big Green Week 2022 events Updated October 2022.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events

2.2 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of Great Big Green Week 2023 events Updated July 2023.

Number of Great Big Green Week 2024 events

1.9 national average

Data from The Climate Coalition. Number of public Great Big Green week 2024 events held in the area. This exludes any private events that were held. Updated September 2024.

Number of RSPB Reserves

Data from the RSPB. Updated September 2023.

Number of Save the Children shops

0.2 national average

Data from Save the Children. Updated July 2023.

Number of Trussell Trust foodbanks

2.2 national average

Data from Trussell Trust. Updated December 2022.

Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves

Data from the Wildlife Trusts. Number of Wildlife Trusts Reserves Updated 2024-07-02.

Number of Women’s Institute groups

8.4 national average

Data from the WI. Updated 2024-04-24.

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