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Jim McMahon vs Bob Blackman

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 Bob Blackman
Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,503 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 1,441 different votes 1,503 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
23 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 34 No
Trade 6% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 17 No
Housing 6% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
30 Aye 16 No
Benefits 4% aligned 46 shared votes
14 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
132 Aye 76 No
Tax 0% aligned 208 shared votes
76 Aye 132 No
43 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 64 shared votes
21 Aye 43 No
26 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 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 388 of 649
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,693
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,072
2,361 eligible divisions
951
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
972
46.9 % of votes cast
742
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,100
53.1 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
10 years, 8 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

77
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
Appearances
146
+68.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
101
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Contributions
173
+34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 151 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Housing
55 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
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: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
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