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Jim McMahon vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Helen Whately voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,461 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 1,384 different votes 1,461 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
22 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
101 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 159 shared votes
59 Aye 100 No
21 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
31 Aye 18 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
16 Aye 33 No
59 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 130 shared votes
72 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
34 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
950
47.8% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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