At a glanceJim Allister is a Traditional Unionist Voice MP for North Antrim, and has represented the seat for 2 years. They have cast 399 votes in Commons divisions (69% attendance), tabled 266 written questions and registered 4 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Jim Allister did not vote in 175. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Traditional Unionist Voice Party since 4 Jul 2024
- North Antrim Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Tom Tugendhat
Conservative
97.1% · 203 of 209 shared votes
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David Mundell
Conservative
95.9% · 211 of 220 shared votes
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Andrew Bowie
Conservative
95.4% · 248 of 260 shared votes
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Dame Karen Bradley
Conservative
95.3% · 202 of 212 shared votes
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Jerome Mayhew
Conservative
95.2% · 217 of 228 shared votes
Votes least like
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Emily Thornberry
Labour
8.2% · 18 of 219 shared votes
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Ellie Reeves
Labour
8.8% · 20 of 227 shared votes
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Chris Ward
Labour
9.5% · 27 of 284 shared votes
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Georgia Gould
Labour
9.7% · 25 of 258 shared votes
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Gareth Thomas
Labour (Co-op)
9.7% · 23 of 237 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources1
- R & A Golf ‘The Open’ - £400.00 (registered 21 Jul 2025)
Land and property (within or outside the UK)2
- Property in Florida (registered 19 Jul 2024)
- Property in Co. Londonderry (registered 19 Jul 2024)
Miscellaneous1
- Chair of Board of Governors, Moorfields Primary School. This is an unpaid role. (registered 17 Jul 2024)
Written questions
Import Controls: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 117628 on Import Controls, whether construction is complete; how much money her Department has spent to date; and whether any
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
SPS Inspection Facilities at Belfast, Larne, Foyle, and Warrenpoint are now operational. Remaining works on 13 July 2026 were limited to minor snagging and commissioning activities in line with normal construction practice and include additional works at ...
UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 37523 on UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland, to update the table, providing figures for the full financial year 2024-25 and for the full financial year
Awaiting an answer from the Cabinet Office.
Equipment: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what provisions will the Government make in the context of the Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 for
Answer · 16 Jul 2026
The proposed Regulations do not alter existing Windsor Framework arrangements. Machinery placed on the market in Northern Ireland must comply with the applicable Northern Ireland requirements. Machinery manufactured in Great Britain may be placed on the N...
Causeway Institute for Peace-building and Conflict Resolution International
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to the response of 6 July to Question 14187, whether the Department made any payments to the Causeway Initiative for Peace-building and Conflict Resolution Internatio
Answer · 13 Jul 2026
Details of Government contracts are routinely published on the ContractsFinder and Find-a-Tender Service websites.Details of payments over £25,000 made by Government departments are routinely published via transparency releases on GOV.UK.
Causeway Institute for Peace-building and Conflict Resolution International
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to the response of 6 July to Question 14187, whether the Department made any payments to the Causeway Initiative for Peace-building and Conflict Resolution International (otherwise known as The Causeway I
Answer · 21 Jul 2026
The Ministry of Defence has not been able to trace any further records of payments made to Jeffrey Donaldson for any purpose The Ministry of Defence has not been able to trace any payments made to the Causeway Initiative for Peace-building and Conflict Re...
Ministry of Defence: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question14187, have payments been made to any other politicians in respect of consultancy work.
Answer · 13 Jul 2026
With the exception of salary paid to the Secretary of State for Defence, and Defence Ministers, it is not possible to identify whether any other direct payments have been made to current or former Members of Parliament or other politicians as a cohort. Wh...
Jeffrey Donaldson
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 14187, were any payments made to the then hon. Member for Lagan Valley (a) in respect of peace process work in (i) Northern Ireland and (ii) Columbia and (b) in r
Answer · 21 Jul 2026
The Ministry of Defence has not been able to trace any further records of payments made to Jeffrey Donaldson for any purpose The Ministry of Defence has not been able to trace any payments made to the Causeway Initiative for Peace-building and Conflict Re...
EU Law: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what legislation changes arising from the EU legislation covered by the Explanatory Memorandum for the European Union Legislation/Documents within the Scope of the UK/EU Withdrawal Agr
Answer · 14 Jul 2026
EU DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2026/322 which amends certain Articles of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/687 and certain Annexes of that regulation is directly applicable law in Northern Ireland. Paragraph 10 of the EM sets out the impact of those changes. I...
Early day motions
| 29 Jun 2026 | 110th anniversary of the 36th (Ulster) Division at the Somme | 6 sig. |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Jeffrey Donaldson | 2 sig. |
| 15 Jun 2026 | Bus and train travel from the Republic of Ireland to the UK | 4 sig. |
| 8 Jun 2026 | Parliament Education and Engagement Outreach Service | 46 sig. |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Somme 110 | 9 sig. |
| 18 May 2026 | Cervical screening | 10 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
8 Jul 2026 Draft Batteries (Placing on the Market) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
May I first correct the Minister? I am not a DUP Member, and I am surprised she does not know that. Secondly, she is also wrong to say that we are debating the merits of this law, as we are not. This already is the law in Northern Ireland,…
8 Jul 2026 Draft Batteries (Placing on the Market) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
Will the Minister give way?
8 Jul 2026 Draft Batteries (Placing on the Market) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
I certainly recognise that, once again, Northern Ireland is being used in the reset as a cover to realign the whole United Kingdom with the EU. That, of course, is the gameplan of this Government, and this is but a small example of how the…
8 Jul 2026 Draft Batteries (Placing on the Market) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
Once more a Committee—and therefore this Parliament—has been asked to approve a regulation that has the effect of departing Northern Ireland from the UK legal framework governing the subject matter. Let us be clear: this Committee is being…
8 Jul 2026 Manufacturing Supply Chain
Ministers from the Northern Ireland Office talk rather glibly about these matters, but the lived reality of the supply chain is very different: a full international customs border that is now inflicting damage on the import of steel; tight…
6 Jul 2026 Topical Questions
Today the Department confirmed to me in a written answer that over the years 2018 and 2019, the Ministry of Defence paid almost £12,000 to Jeffrey Donaldson in respect of a peacekeeping consultancy for the Cameroons. How common is it that …
6 Jul 2026 Public Office Disqualification: Terrorism Offences
The Minister talks about standards in voting and public life. As I indicated in my speech, weekend after weekend, we have people in public life glorifying terrorism and saluting the memories of their fallen colleagues, as they call them, w…
6 Jul 2026 Public Office Disqualification: Terrorism Offences
Will the Minister give way?
6 Jul 2026 Public Office Disqualification: Terrorism Offences
It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dr Allin-Khan. I commend the petitioners who brought forward the important issue we are debating. I certainly endorse both the spirit and the letter of the petition, but I want to make an im…
6 Jul 2026 Public Office Disqualification: Terrorism Offences
Does it come as a surprise to the hon. Gentleman, if he is correct about the purpose of the Belfast agreement in that regard, that former terrorists who were elected continue to this very day to glorify and regularly celebrate their acts o…
30 Jun 2026 Steel Tariffs: Northern Ireland
I am grateful to the Minister for coming to the House. I have to say, there is an inherent absurdity, and indeed a constitutional offence, in having to come to the sovereign Parliament of the United Kingdom to ask whether there will be any…
30 Jun 2026 Steel Tariffs: Northern Ireland
(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade to make a statement on steel tariffs in relation to Northern Ireland.
30 Jun 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
Will the Minister address my question about what impact, if any, there is on GB-Northern Ireland sales?
30 Jun 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
The regulations are the latest example of the humiliation of this proclaimed sovereign United Kingdom Parliament in adopting laws that it did not make and laws it cannot change—laws that are made in a foreign jurisdiction. We have already …
29 Jun 2026 Northern Ireland Office
indicated dissent.
29 Jun 2026 Northern Ireland Office
In introducing the debate, the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi), the Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, lamented the failure of the Northern Ireland Executive to agree a budget; indeed, for any of the parties in the N…
29 Jun 2026 Asylum Accommodation
The Minister said that the business of this Government was to secure the borders of this nation. In that context, can I therefore ask him how many of the buses travelling through the open back door into the United Kingdom from the Irish R…
29 Jun 2026 Prisoner Early Release
Surely the Minister must agree that sustaining and instilling confidence in victims is essential to securing and sustaining prosecutions, and therefore any indication that there could be early release of such a person is bound to undermine…
23 Jun 2026 Border Security: UK-Ireland Co-operation
Is the hon. Lady surprised by the misrepresentation from the Secretary of State about what the common travel area means? It means simply that there is common travel for those who are legally in the country, not those who are illegally in t…
22 Jun 2026 Pathways Study: Puberty Suppression
The Health Secretary told us that his bottom line was to protect children, but he also conceded that puberty blockers can affect adversely bone density and brain development, so why is he taking the risk? Our 11-year-olds are not guinea pi…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Elections contested
- North Antrim 6 May 2010
- East Antrim 9 Jun 1983
Expenses
Contact & offices
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Jim Allister, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Jim Allister?
Jim Allister is a Member of Parliament representing North Antrim in the House of Commons. See Jim Allister's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Jim Allister represent?
Jim Allister sits as Traditional Unionist Voice. See Jim Allister's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Jim Allister represent?
Jim Allister is the Member of Parliament for North Antrim. See Jim Allister's official Parliament profile.
How long has Jim Allister been an MP?
Jim Allister has served in the House of Commons for 2 years. See Jim Allister's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Jim Allister?
Jim Allister has 4 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Jim Allister's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.