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Margaret Mullane vs Jim McMahon

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

Photograph of Margaret Mullane
Margaret Mullane
Lab Dagenham and Rainham
vs
Photograph of Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

Margaret Mullane and Jim McMahon voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 458 shared comparable votes.

451 same votes 7 different votes 458 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
53 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
53 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 79% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
53 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
53 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
28 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

87.7%
15% above average
Rank 46 of 650
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 389 of 650
555
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,734
2,419 eligible divisions
283
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
55.9% of votes cast
272
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
764
44.1% of votes cast
22
4.0% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
10 years, 11 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

10
-84.5 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 650
Appearances
103
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
12
-152.6 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 650
Contributions
344
+179.4 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£165,025
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£165,025
27% below average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
4
3 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

Transport
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2026 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
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