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Alex Brewer vs Jim McMahon

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Alex Brewer
Alex Brewer
LD North East Hampshire
vs
Photograph of Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

Alex Brewer and Jim McMahon voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 255 different votes 298 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 1 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 30% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 14 No
Housing 23% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
12 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 23 No
Education 3% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 24 No
Tax 6% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

65.2 %
8 % below average
Rank 515 of 650
Participation
71.6 %
1 % below average
Rank 393 of 650
367
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,682
2,349 eligible divisions
201
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
56.1 % of votes cast
166
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
738
43.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
10 years, 7 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

36
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 650
Appearances
75
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 650
39
-86.8 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 650
Contributions
121
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£198,635
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£198,635
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17 % above average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Housing
55 of 66 votes
Education
41 of 49 votes
#3
Education
79 of 95 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
137 of 169 votes
Defence
27 of 33 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2025 21 Jan 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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