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Jim McMahon vs Ben Obese-Jecty

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 Obese-Jecty
Ben Obese-Jecty
Con Huntingdon

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Ben Obese-Jecty voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 335 different votes 351 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
36 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
33 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
33 Aye 36 No
27 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
11 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 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
74.4%
2% above average
Rank 325 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
439
590 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
205
46.7% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
234
53.3% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Appearances
206
+122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 649
245
+99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 649
Contributions
265
+119.1 vs Commons average
Rank 80 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
£156,927
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£156,927
31% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Education
41 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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