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Jim McMahon vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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 Desmond Swayne
Sir Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,511 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,457 different votes 1,511 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 17 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
108 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 170 shared votes
62 Aye 108 No
34 Aye 25 No
Transport 3% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
36 Aye 29 No
41 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
21 Aye 41 No
31 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 51 shared votes
20 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 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 388 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,693
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
951
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
742
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
10 years, 8 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

77
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
101
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Contributions
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
210 of 211 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Housing
55 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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