Jim Allister KC, MP for North Antrim
Jim Allister has been an MP since 2024.
Roles and committees
Jim Allister holds no government or opposition post and sits on no committee at the moment, and Parliament lists none for the past.
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Jim Allister has 3 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in Co. Londonderry | 19 Jul 2024 |
| Land and property (within or outside the UK) | Property in Florida | 19 Jul 2024 |
| Miscellaneous | Chair of Board of Governors, Moorfields Primary School. This is an unpaid role. | 17 Jul 2024 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Jim Allister asked 122 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
60 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Jim Allister represents North Antrim. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Traditional Unionist Voice
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Jim Allister won with 28% of the votes, and Ian Paisley (Democratic Unionist Party) came second with 27%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Allister | Traditional Unionist Voice | 11,642 | 28.3% |
| Ian Paisley | Democratic Unionist Party | 11,192 | 27.2% |
| Philip McGuigan | Sinn Féin | 7,714 | 18.7% |
| Sian Mulholland | Alliance | 4,488 | 10.9% |
| Jackson Minford | Ulster Unionist Party | 3,901 | 9.5% |
| Helen Maher | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 1,661 | 4.0% |
| Ráichéal Mhic Niocaill | Aontú | 451 | 1.1% |
| Tristan Morrow | Independent | 136 | 0.3% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
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Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Jim Allister took part in 169 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Jim Allister has not taken part in any votes where parties gave instructions yet.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 11 Sep | A vote to end a debate | Against | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | n/a |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | n/a |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | n/a |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | For | n/a |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
Not enough whipped votes yet to show a trend.
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this