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Jim McMahon vs Dr Caroline Johnson

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 Dr Caroline Johnson
Dr Caroline Johnson
Con Sleaford and North Hykeham

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Dr Caroline Johnson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,358 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,297 different votes 1,358 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
20 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
104 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 165 shared votes
62 Aye 103 No
36 Aye 13 No
Education 4% aligned 49 shared votes
15 Aye 34 No
17 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 2% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
20 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
30 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 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
82.9 %
10 % above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,693
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,825
2,201 eligible divisions
951
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
890
48.8 % of votes cast
742
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
935
51.2 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.5 % of votes cast
10 years, 8 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
9 years, 8 months
Since 8 Dec 2016

Debates

77
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
Appearances
133
+55.1 vs Commons average
Rank 79 of 650
101
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Contributions
395
+256.7 vs Commons average
Rank 35 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
£1,451,695
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£229,187
1 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
154 of 164 votes
Housing
55 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 89 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 65 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
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 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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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