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Jim McMahon vs Alex Ballinger

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


Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 402 shared comparable votes.

391 same votes 11 different votes 402 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
40 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
40 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
29 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
40 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
29 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

71.6%
1% below average
Rank 391 of 650
Participation
76.7%
4% above average
Rank 268 of 650
1,735
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
636 eligible divisions
970
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
47.7% of votes cast
765
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
255
52.3% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
10 years, 11 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

106
+9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
Appearances
95
-2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 650
387
+217.8 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 650
Contributions
172
+2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
56 of 68 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 32 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 212 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API