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Jim McMahon vs Sir Oliver Dowden

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Jim McMahon and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,273 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,209 different votes 1,273 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
108 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 165 shared votes
61 Aye 104 No
21 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 50 No
Migration 5% aligned 74 shared votes
48 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
39 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
20 Aye 39 No
23 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
16 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
952
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
752
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
11
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£264,252
17% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
197 of 211 votes
Education
80 of 96 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
55 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Migration
139 of 171 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API