Jim Shannon's leasehold voting record — Strangford MP

Leasehold voting score

28.6% pro-leaseholder

Jim Shannon voted the pro-leaseholder way in 2 of the 7 tracked leasehold divisions they took part in — a mostly not-pro-leaseholder voting record.

Score = servicecharges.ai's editorial interpretation, not a statement of fact.

Votes on housing matters next to leasehold — private renting (the Renters' Rights Bill) and building-safety/cladding costs. These are not leasehold-reform votes and are not counted in the A–F leasehold grade; we show them as extra context.

Date	Related housing division	How they voted
9 Oct 2024	Renters' Rights Act 2025 Renters' Rights Bill — Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading An opposition amendment that would have declined to give the Renters' Rights Bill (which abolishes 'no-fault' Section 21 evictions) a second reading. It was defeated. Voting No backed letting the tenant-protection bill proceed. Leaseholder-aligned lobby: No	Voted No✓ pro-leaseholder
14 Jan 2025	Renters' Rights Act 2025 Renters' Rights Bill — Report Stage: Government New Clause 14 A government clause added to the Renters' Rights Bill at report stage. Voting Aye supported strengthening the bill. Leaseholder-aligned lobby: Aye	Did not vote
14 Jan 2025	Renters' Rights Act 2025 Renters' Rights Bill — Third Reading The final Commons vote to pass the Renters' Rights Bill — ending 'no-fault' evictions and strengthening renters' rights. Voting Aye passed the bill. Leaseholder-aligned lobby: Aye	Voted Aye✓ pro-leaseholder
8 Sep 2025	Renters' Rights Act 2025 Renters' Rights Bill — motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 A government motion to reject a House of Lords change to the Renters' Rights Bill and keep the tenant protections the Commons had passed. Voting Aye kept the Commons bill. Leaseholder-aligned lobby: Aye	Voted Aye✓ pro-leaseholder
8 Sep 2025	Renters' Rights Act 2025 Renters' Rights Bill — motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 A government motion to reject a House of Lords change and keep the Commons version of the Renters' Rights Bill. Voting Aye kept the Commons bill. Leaseholder-aligned lobby: Aye	Voted Aye✓ pro-leaseholder
8 Sep 2025	Renters' Rights Act 2025 Renters' Rights Bill — motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 A government motion to reject a House of Lords change and keep the Commons version of the Renters' Rights Bill. Voting Aye kept the Commons bill. Leaseholder-aligned lobby: Aye	Voted Aye✓ pro-leaseholder
8 Sep 2025	Renters' Rights Act 2025 Renters' Rights Bill — motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 A government motion to reject a House of Lords change and keep the Commons version of the Renters' Rights Bill. Voting Aye kept the Commons bill. Leaseholder-aligned lobby: Aye	Voted Aye✓ pro-leaseholder
8 Sep 2025	Renters' Rights Act 2025 Renters' Rights Bill — motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 A government motion to reject a House of Lords change and keep the Commons version of the Renters' Rights Bill. Voting Aye kept the Commons bill. Leaseholder-aligned lobby: Aye	Voted No✗ not pro-leaseholder
8 Sep 2025	Renters' Rights Act 2025 Renters' Rights Bill — motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 A government motion to reject a House of Lords change and keep the Commons version of the Renters' Rights Bill. Voting Aye kept the Commons bill. Leaseholder-aligned lobby: Aye	Voted Aye✓ pro-leaseholder
8 Sep 2025	Renters' Rights Act 2025 Renters' Rights Bill — motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 A government motion to reject a House of Lords change and keep the Commons version of the Renters' Rights Bill. Voting Aye kept the Commons bill. Leaseholder-aligned lobby: Aye	Voted Aye✓ pro-leaseholder
24 Feb 2021	Fire Safety Act 2021 Fire Safety Bill — motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 The Conservative government moved to strike out a House of Lords amendment that would have stopped the cost of fixing fire-safety and cladding defects being passed on to leaseholders. Voting No opposed the government and backed protecting leaseholders from those costs. Leaseholder-aligned lobby: No	Voted No✓ pro-leaseholder
22 Mar 2021	Fire Safety Act 2021 Fire Safety Bill — motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 4B–4E (the 'McPartland–Smith' leaseholder protections) Another round of the same fight: the government moved to reject Lords amendments shielding leaseholders from cladding-remediation bills. Voting No backed protecting leaseholders. Leaseholder-aligned lobby: No	Did not vote
28 Apr 2021	Fire Safety Act 2021 Fire Safety Bill — motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4L The final Commons round on the Fire Safety Bill: the government again moved to reject leaseholder protection from remediation costs. Voting No backed protecting leaseholders. Leaseholder-aligned lobby: No	Voted No✓ pro-leaseholder

Why these are shown separately

The leasehold A–F grade is built only from divisions specifically on leasehold reform. Renters' Rights and building-safety votes concern renters and building-safety costs — related and relevant, but a different question — so we keep them in this separate lane with their own simple tally and never let them move the leasehold grade. As with the grade, the votes are fact and the "leaseholder-aligned" direction is our editorial reading.

The votes behind the leasehold grade

Every division is a recorded House of Commons vote (the fact); the "pro-leaseholder lobby" and grade are our editorial reading (the interpretation). We only count divisions this MP actually voted in.

Date	Division (recorded vote)	How they voted
27 Feb 2024	Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill — Report Stage: Amendment 8 An opposition amendment to strengthen leaseholder protections in the reform bill. The government voted it down. Pro-leaseholder lobby: Aye	Voted No✗ not pro-leaseholder
27 Feb 2024	Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill — Report Stage: Amendment 4 An opposition amendment to give leaseholders more of the bill's protections. The government voted it down. Pro-leaseholder lobby: Aye	Voted No✗ not pro-leaseholder
27 Feb 2024	Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill — Report Stage: New Clause 39 A proposed new clause adding further leaseholder protection to the reform bill. The government voted it down. Pro-leaseholder lobby: Aye	Voted Aye✓ pro-leaseholder
27 Feb 2024	Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill — Report Stage: New Clause 5 A proposed new clause to expand leaseholder rights under the reform bill. The government voted it down. Pro-leaseholder lobby: Aye	Voted No✗ not pro-leaseholder
23 May 2023	Opposition Day (Leasehold) Opposition Day motion — Leasehold reform An opposition motion calling on the government to bring forward stronger leasehold reform. Voting Aye backed faster, tougher reform. Pro-leaseholder lobby: Aye	Voted Aye✓ pro-leaseholder
24 Jan 2022	Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords] — Report Stage: New Clause 1 A proposed new clause to extend the peppercorn (effectively zero) ground-rent protection to existing leaseholders, not just new leases. The government voted it down. Pro-leaseholder lobby: Aye	Voted No✗ not pro-leaseholder
19 Jan 2022	Building Safety Act 2022 Building Safety Bill — Report Stage: New Clause 3 A proposed new clause to protect leaseholders from the cost of fixing fire-safety and cladding defects they did not cause. The government voted it down. Pro-leaseholder lobby: Aye	Voted No✗ not pro-leaseholder

How we calculate the leasehold grade

Grade = the number of tracked leasehold-reform divisions where the MP voted with the pro-leaseholder lobby, divided by the number of those divisions they actually voted in, as a percentage and a letter grade (A–F). MPs who voted in fewer than three tracked divisions are shown as "limited record" rather than graded, and absences are never counted against an MP. Renters' Rights and building-safety votes are deliberately kept out of this grade and shown in the separate "Related housing votes" lane. The tracked divisions are curated and reviewed by ServiceCharges.AI.

Recent things they've said on leasehold

Contributions in the House of Commons mentioning leasehold, service charges or ground rent.

Leasehold Reform · 14 Jul 2025

I thank the Secretary of State for her answers. The issues with the leasehold system, and the need for legal protection for everyone, have been set out in debates in Westminster Hall and this Chamber, and I very much welcome the Government’s commitment t
Leaseholders and Freeholders · 15 May 2024

I commend the right hon. Gentleman for rightly bringing this issue to the attention of the House. Does he agree that, although the Leasehold Advisory Service gives free advice for England and Wales—as it should—the advice is not granted in all situations
Leasehold Reform and New Homes · 28 Feb 2024

I apologise that I could not be here when I was supposed to be, Mrs Harris. I was meeting some people from Hong Kong on issues of human rights and freedom. I thank the shadow Minister for letting me intervene. Leasehold reform has been the subject of muc

Relevant registered interests

Property and landlord-related entries from this MP's entry in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Shown for context; a registered interest is a matter of public record, not an allegation.

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
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: Agricultural land (40 acres of land and farm) Location: Ballygarvin (Registered 31 May 2021; updated 6 July 2017)

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