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Jim McMahon vs Mr Mark Francois

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 Mr Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,207 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,154 different votes 1,207 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
12 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
28 Aye 29 No
Trade 7% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
14 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 58 No
Migration 5% aligned 82 shared votes
58 Aye 24 No
106 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 165 shared votes
57 Aye 108 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 14 No
Energy 0% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 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
67.9 %
5 % below average
Rank 466 of 649
1,693
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,602
2,361 eligible divisions
951
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
744
46.4 % of votes cast
742
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
858
53.6 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2 % of votes cast
10 years, 8 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

77
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
Appearances
118
+40.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
101
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Contributions
349
+210.7 vs Commons average
Rank 44 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
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Brexit / EU
202 of 211 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Housing
55 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Housing
52 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 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
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
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 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 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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Nationality and Borders Bill (Report): New Clause 52 7 Dec 2021
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
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