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Jim McMahon vs Ruth Jones

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 Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,088 shared comparable votes.

1,087 same votes 1 different votes 1,088 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
90 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
90 Aye 45 No
26 Aye 94 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
26 Aye 94 No
54 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 119 shared votes
54 Aye 65 No
37 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
37 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
90 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
90 Aye 45 No
26 Aye 94 No
Migration 100% aligned 120 shared votes
26 Aye 94 No
54 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 119 shared votes
54 Aye 65 No
37 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
37 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 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%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
7 years, 5 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

87
+5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
125
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 649
Contributions
78
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 402 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
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
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
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