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Jim McMahon vs Rebecca Paul

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 Rebecca Paul
Rebecca Paul
Con Reigate

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 320 different votes 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 4 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
32 Aye 28 No
Tax 2% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 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
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
590 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
44.9% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
256
55.1% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

90
+6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Appearances
104
+20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
245
+99.3 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 650
Contributions
152
+6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 204 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 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
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