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Jim McMahon vs John Lamont

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 John Lamont
John Lamont
Con Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and John Lamont voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,335 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,283 different votes 1,335 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
18 Aye 18 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
34 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 48 shared votes
16 Aye 32 No
32 Aye 98 No
Migration 4% aligned 130 shared votes
95 Aye 35 No
31 Aye 27 No
Transport 3% aligned 58 shared votes
29 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
33 Aye 29 No
36 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
16 Aye 36 No
30 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 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
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 97 of 649
1,693
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,790
2,106 eligible divisions
951
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
864
48.3 % of votes cast
742
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
926
51.7 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
10 years, 8 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

77
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
Appearances
148
+70.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 650
101
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Contributions
236
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 92 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
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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
83 of 87 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Housing
55 of 66 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
150 of 163 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
177 of 194 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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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