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Jim McMahon vs Paulette Hamilton

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 Paulette Hamilton
Paulette Hamilton
Lab Birmingham Erdington

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 679 shared comparable votes.

679 same votes 0 different votes 679 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
20 Aye 84 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
20 Aye 84 No
62 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
62 Aye 40 No
30 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 84 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
20 Aye 84 No
62 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
62 Aye 40 No
30 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 60 shared votes
30 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

87
+4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
125
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 649
Contributions
80
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 395 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
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
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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