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Jim McMahon vs Sir John Whittingdale

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 John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,378 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,323 different votes 1,378 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
25 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
14 Aye 27 No
106 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 165 shared votes
57 Aye 108 No
61 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 126 shared votes
66 Aye 60 No
20 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
109 Aye 71 No
Tax 0% aligned 180 shared votes
71 Aye 109 No
27 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
32 Aye 27 No
34 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
17 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 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
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 192 of 649
1,693
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,361 eligible divisions
951
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
908
47.8 % of votes cast
742
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
993
52.2 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
10 years, 8 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

77
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
101
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Contributions
106
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 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
204 of 211 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Housing
55 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
57 of 66 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
59 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
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
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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