Richard James Shannon (born 25 March 1955) is a Democratic Unionist politician from Northern Ireland.
He has sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since 2010 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Strangford.
He had previously sat in the Northern Ireland Assembly from 1998 to 2010 as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland) (MLA) for the Assembly constituency of Strangford.
He is an advocate for Leave Means Leave, a pro-Brexit campaign.