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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 1,304 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,252 different votes 1,304 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
33 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
32 Aye 97 No
Migration 4% aligned 129 shared votes
94 Aye 35 No
29 Aye 25 No
Transport 4% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
36 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
16 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
11 Aye 29 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
85.1 %
12 % above average
Rank 109 of 648
1,653
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,057 eligible divisions
936
56.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
842
48.1 % of votes cast
717
43.4 % of votes cast
No votes
909
51.9 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
10 years, 6 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

58
-2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 648
Appearances
110
+49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 648
108
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 648
Contributions
172
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 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
£2,045,465
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£334,363
48 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
2 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
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Housing
55 of 66 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 188 votes
Education
79 of 95 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
46 of 49 votes
Migration
137 of 169 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 161 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 193 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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 its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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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