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Jim McMahon vs Joe Robertson

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 Joe Robertson
Joe Robertson
Con Isle of Wight East

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Joe Robertson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 310 different votes 321 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
1 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
44 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
33 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
33 Aye 44 No
26 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 403 of 648
Participation
74.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 337 of 648
1,653
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
391
526 eligible divisions
936
56.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
169
43.2 % of votes cast
717
43.4 % of votes cast
No votes
222
56.8 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5 % of votes cast
10 years, 6 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 648
Appearances
128
+67.6 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 648
108
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 648
Contributions
222
+113.1 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£165,302
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£165,302
27 % below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Housing
55 of 66 votes
#2
Tax
93 of 108 votes
Education
79 of 95 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 23 votes
Migration
137 of 169 votes
#4
Energy
14 of 17 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Education
39 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
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: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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