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Jim McMahon vs Chris Law

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


Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Chris Law 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
13 Aye 9 No
Energy 68% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
99 Aye 46 No
Tax 76% aligned 145 shared votes
98 Aye 47 No
18 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 78% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 17 No
Benefits 78% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 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
51.5%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,223
2,376 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
674
55.1% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
549
44.9% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Appearances
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
245
+99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 649
Contributions
64
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 463 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
£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£345,624
53% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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