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Jim McMahon vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Ian Lavery voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,546 shared comparable votes.

1,530 same votes 16 different votes 1,546 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
134 Aye 72 No
Tax 100% aligned 206 shared votes
134 Aye 72 No
108 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 169 shared votes
108 Aye 61 No
53 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 71 shared votes
53 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 34 No
Transport 100% aligned 69 shared votes
35 Aye 34 No
29 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 19 No
Benefits 89% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 22 No
Housing 98% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
69 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 138 shared votes
67 Aye 71 No
33 Aye 101 No
Migration 99% aligned 134 shared votes
32 Aye 102 No
134 Aye 72 No
Tax 100% aligned 206 shared votes
134 Aye 72 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 387 of 650
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 650
1,713
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,825
2,390 eligible divisions
958
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,010
55.3% of votes cast
755
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
815
44.7% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

91
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
Appearances
91
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
245
+93.6 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650
Contributions
116
-35.4 vs Commons average
Rank 305 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
65 of 70 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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