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Sarah Russell vs Jim McMahon

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Jim McMahon voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 430 shared comparable votes.

419 same votes 11 different votes 430 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 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
44 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
44 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
27 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

82.5%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 650
Participation
71.6%
1% below average
Rank 391 of 650
525
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,735
2,422 eligible divisions
268
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
55.9% of votes cast
257
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
765
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

97
+0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
Appearances
106
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 650
139
-29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Contributions
387
+218.8 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21% below average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
2
2 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

#1
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
56 of 68 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Education
49 of 50 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API