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Jim McMahon vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

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 Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,294 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,226 different votes 1,294 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 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
105 Aye 61 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 166 shared votes
64 Aye 102 No
30 Aye 27 No
Transport 5% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
42 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 60 shared votes
21 Aye 39 No
15 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 15 No
Energy 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 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
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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