About your Member of Parliament
Your MP (Jim Shannon) represents you, and all of the people who live in Strangford,
at the UK Parliament in Westminster.
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Profile
DUP MP for Strangford, Former DUP MLA for Strangford
Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election
Entered the Assembly on 25 June 1998 — General election
Left the Assembly on 1 August 2010 — Resigned
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Topics of interest
Jim Shannon campaigned to leave the European Union
Source: BBC
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department of Health
- Foreign
- Commonwealth and Development Office
- Department for Environment
- Food and Rural Affairs
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- Question
- Diabetes
- Coronavirus: Vaccination
- Cancer: Medical Treatments
- Electronic Cigarettes
Currently held offices
- Member, Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill Committee (since 30 Jun 2025)
- Member, Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill Committee (since 26 Jun 2025)
- Member, Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill (since 26 Jun 2025)
- Member, Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill Committee (since 18 Jun 2025)
Other offices held in the past
- Member, Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill Committee (15 May 2024 to 22 May 2024)
- Member, Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill ( 8 May 2024 to 15 May 2024)
- Member, School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill Committee (24 Apr 2024 to 1 May 2024)
- Member, Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill (Formerly known as International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill) Committee (17 Apr 2024 to 24 Apr 2024)
- Member, Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill Committee (21 Feb 2024 to 28 Feb 2024)
- Member, Pet Abduction Bill Committee (24 Jan 2024 to 31 Jan 2024)
- Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee ( 9 Jan 2023 to 30 May 2024)
- Member, Pension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) Bill Committee (26 Jan 2022 to 2 Feb 2022)
- Member, Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill Committee (15 Dec 2021 to 5 Jan 2022)
- Member, Approved Premises (Substance Testing) Bill Committee ( 8 Dec 2021 to 15 Dec 2021)
- Member, Local Government (Disqualification) Bill Committee (24 Nov 2021 to 1 Dec 2021)
- Member, Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill Committee ( 9 Nov 2021 to 17 Nov 2021)
- Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) ( 4 Mar 2020 to 30 May 2024)
- Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
- Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Human Rights) ( 1 Jul 2017 to 30 May 2024)
- Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee ( 5 Dec 2016 to 3 May 2017)
- Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Feb 2016 to 3 May 2017)
- Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Feb 2016 to 3 May 2017)
- Member, Committees on Arms Export Controls (10 Feb 2016 to 3 May 2017)
- Member, Defence Sub-Committee ( 8 Sep 2015 to 5 Dec 2016)
- Member, Defence Committee ( 6 Jul 2015 to 5 Dec 2016)
- Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Equality) ( 8 May 2015 to 8 Jun 2017)
- Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Health) ( 8 May 2015 to 30 May 2024)
- Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Transport) ( 8 May 2015 to 8 Jun 2017)
- Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Human Rights) ( 3 Apr 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)
- Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Health) (12 May 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
- Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Transport) (12 May 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
Previous MPs in this constituency
Public bill committees (Sittings attended)
Recent appearances
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I commend the right hon. Gentleman for bringing forward this debate; he is absolutely right to do so. I have met Julie Hambleton, and I support her campaign. I have spoken to her a number of times, both in Belfast and over here. Justice is needed for the 21 innocents who were murdered. I would like to see that. As a Northern Ireland MP, the troubles are never too far from my mind. The legacy...
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It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship for the second time today, Mr Pritchard—I am getting a liking for it. I thank the hon. Member for Leicester South (Shockat Adam) for securing the debate. As my party’s health spokesperson, issues such as glaucoma are of great importance to me—the statistics show its prevalence. I would not have thought there would ever be a case in which...
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The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. To be fair, the hon. Member for Leicester South was clear that there is an opportunity to advance greatly under the 10-year NHS plan to solve the problems. There are better ways of doing things and reducing waiting times. We are fortunate to have two hospitals in Northern Ireland, the Altnagelvin area hospital and Belfast city hospital, where new...
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