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Peter Lamb vs Jim McMahon

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

Photograph of Peter Lamb
Peter Lamb
Lab Crawley
vs
Photograph of Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

Peter Lamb and Jim McMahon voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 468 shared comparable votes.

463 same votes 5 different votes 468 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
45 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
45 Aye 40 No
29 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
29 Aye 6 No
20 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 15 No
Defence 85% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
45 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
45 Aye 40 No
29 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
29 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

92.3%
20% above average
Rank 9 of 650
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 389 of 650
572
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,725
2,406 eligible divisions
283
49.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
961
55.7% of votes cast
289
50.5% of votes cast
No votes
764
44.3% of votes cast
18
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

30
-61.0 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 650
Appearances
88
-3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 650
45
-113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 539 of 650
Contributions
242
+83.5 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£133,437
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£133,437
41% below average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Transport
30 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 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
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 18 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API