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Joe Robertson vs Jim McMahon

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

Photograph of Joe Robertson
Joe Robertson
Con Isle of Wight East
vs
Photograph of Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

Joe Robertson and Jim McMahon voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 343 different votes 354 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
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
35 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
44 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
44 Aye 35 No
12 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 309 of 649
Participation
71.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 388 of 649
432
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,693
2,361 eligible divisions
193
44.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
951
56.2 % of votes cast
239
55.3 % of votes cast
No votes
742
43.8 % of votes cast
2
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
10 years, 7 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

153
+75.4 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 649
Appearances
77
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 649
254
+116.4 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
Contributions
111
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£165,302
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£165,302
27 % below average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Housing
27 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Tax
95 of 111 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 66 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Education
40 of 50 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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