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Lee Anderson vs Jim McMahon

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

Photograph of Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield
vs
Photograph of Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

Lee Anderson and Jim McMahon voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 907 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 860 different votes 907 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
27 Aye 11 No
Transport 8% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 22 No
Education 5% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 25 shared votes
2 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 17 No
Housing 4% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 93 shared votes
32 Aye 61 No
15 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
626
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
621
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1% of votes cast
10
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
10 years, 9 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
80
-63.5 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 649
Contributions
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£264,074
17% above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Trade
53 of 53 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Migration
134 of 154 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
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
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