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Matt Bishop vs Jim McMahon

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Jim McMahon voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

278 same votes 3 different votes 281 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
44 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
44 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
44 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

53.9%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 650
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 389 of 650
340
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,732
2,417 eligible divisions
162
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
968
55.9% of votes cast
178
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
764
44.1% of votes cast
1
0.3% 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

35
-59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
Appearances
103
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
46
-118.6 vs Commons average
Rank 545 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

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
5
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Tax
85 of 121 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Trade
7 of 10 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 212 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API