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Jim McMahon vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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 Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,383 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,313 different votes 1,383 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
11 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 34 No
Trade 7% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
107 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 167 shared votes
58 Aye 109 No
14 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 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
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: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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