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Jim McMahon vs Sir Mel Stride

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 Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon

Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,338 shared comparable votes.

60 same votes 1,278 different votes 1,338 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
21 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
106 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 164 shared votes
61 Aye 103 No
14 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
34 Aye 15 No
Education 4% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
7 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
34 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 18 No
Energy 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 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
78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 649
1,693
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
951
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
48.4 % of votes cast
742
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
951
51.6 % of votes cast
10
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
10 years, 8 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

77
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
Appearances
28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
101
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Contributions
46
-92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 510 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
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
20
6 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Trade
75 of 91 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
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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