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Jim McMahon vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,070 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,019 different votes 1,070 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
8 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 31% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
47 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 100 shared votes
56 Aye 44 No
7 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 5% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
87 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 136 shared votes
49 Aye 87 No
37 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
20 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% 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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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
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: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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