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Sarah Smith vs Jim McMahon

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

Photograph of Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith
Lab Hyndburn
vs
Photograph of Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Jim McMahon voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

314 same votes 1 different votes 315 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
41 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
41 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
41 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 385 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,704
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
952
55.9% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
752
44.1% of votes cast
14
3.8% 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

64
-19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
Appearances
90
+6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 650
Contributions
245
+99.3 vs Commons average
Rank 89 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% 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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API