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Jim McMahon vs Ben Goldsborough

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

Photograph of Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
vs
Photograph of Ben Goldsborough
Ben Goldsborough
Lab South Norfolk

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Ben Goldsborough voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 409 shared comparable votes.

409 same votes 0 different votes 409 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
41 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
26 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 88 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
503
590 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
49.5% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
254
50.5% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 649
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
101
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£162,821
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£162,821
28% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Housing
31 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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