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Chris Law vs Jim McMahon

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Jim McMahon voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 922 shared comparable votes.

833 same votes 89 different votes 922 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
36 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 52 shared votes
36 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 0 No
Education 100% aligned 11 shared votes
11 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 12 No
Energy 68% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
98 Aye 47 No
Tax 76% aligned 145 shared votes
99 Aye 46 No
17 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 78% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 15 No
Benefits 78% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

51.5%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 649
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
1,223
2,374 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,703
2,374 eligible divisions
674
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
549
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
751
44.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

58
-23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 649
Appearances
85
+3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 649
67
-74.4 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 649
Contributions
118
-23.4 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API