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Sarah Pochin vs Jim McMahon

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Jim McMahon voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 202 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 191 different votes 202 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 4 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 1 No
Transport 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 13 No
Tax 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
0 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
18 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 590 of 650
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 650
241
418 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,713
2,390 eligible divisions
108
44.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
958
55.9% of votes cast
133
55.2% of votes cast
No votes
755
44.1% of votes cast
7
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
1 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

106
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650
Appearances
91
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
126
-25.4 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
Contributions
245
+93.6 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
7
5 registered categories
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

Trade
10 of 10 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
5 of 5 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Right to Access Workplaces) Regulations 2026 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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