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Jim McMahon vs David Simmonds

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 David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and David Simmonds voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 928 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 883 different votes 928 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
18 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 16% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 91 No
Migration 5% aligned 119 shared votes
85 Aye 34 No
17 Aye 8 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
11 Aye 27 No
29 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 20 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 133 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 54 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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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