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Jim McMahon vs Patricia Ferguson

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 Patricia Ferguson
Patricia Ferguson
Lab Glasgow West

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 387 shared comparable votes.

386 same votes 1 different votes 387 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
41 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
41 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 96% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
41 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
41 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 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 385 of 649
Participation
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
590 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
50.8% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
227
49.2% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.9% of votes cast
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Appearances
87
+4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
32 of 32 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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