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Jim McMahon vs Dr Ben Spencer

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


Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Dr Ben Spencer voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 967 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 924 different votes 967 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
17 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 10 No
Energy 3% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 94 No
Migration 3% aligned 122 shared votes
90 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 25 No
Transport 3% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 18 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
11 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 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
82.1%
10% above average
Rank 155 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
48.1% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
707
51.9% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0% of votes cast
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

90
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 649
Appearances
107
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
245
+99.1 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 649
Contributions
220
+74.1 vs Commons average
Rank 119 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
£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£263,058
16% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
48 of 50 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
141 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API