Jim McMahon, MP for Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
Jim McMahon has been an MP since 2015. Currently: Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government).
Roles and committees
Posts held in government or opposition, and committee seats, as Parliament records them.
In government
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) | 2026 to now | Now |
| Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Minister of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) | 2024 |
In opposition
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) | 2023 to 2024 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) | 2021 to 2023 | |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Transport (Department for Transport) | 2020 to 2021 | |
| Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government) (Devolution) (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) | 2018 to 2020 | |
| Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (Devolution) (Department for Communities and Local Government) | 2016 to 2018 |
Committees
| Post | When | |
|---|---|---|
| Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill | 2024 | |
| Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission | 2024 to 2025 | |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 2016 |
Source: UK Parliament Members API · Parliament’s own page
Declared interests
MPs must publish certain paid work, gifts, donations and other interests. This is a record of what they declared, not a suggestion that anything is wrong.
Jim McMahon has 2 interests currently registered.
| Type | What was registered | Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Visits outside the UK | International visit to Ukraine between 19 February 2026 and 25 February 2026 | 27 Mar 2026 |
| Miscellaneous | Member of the Co-operative Party National Executive Committee. This is an unpaid role. | 21 May 2018 |
Source: Register of Members’ Financial Interests · Parliament’s own page
Questions
MPs can ask ministers questions in writing. The questions show what an MP is working on, which votes cannot.
Jim McMahon asked 461 written questions in the last 12 months.
Who they asked
Latest questions
Source: Written Questions API · Updated 4 Oct 2026
Expenses
MPs claim back money for running an office and working in two places. An independent body, IPSA, publishes every claim. This is what was paid in 2025-26.
49 claims. For comparison, across the 657 MPs in IPSA’s file the middle MP was paid £18,469 and the average was £19,699.
Source: IPSA, individual business costs data · About this data
Election result and area
Jim McMahon represents Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton. Here is who won there at the last general election, and a few numbers about the area.
Labour
votes ahead of second place
of people who could vote did
Jim McMahon won with 34% of the votes, and Zaffar Iqbal (Independent) came second with 21%.
Votes for each party
Every candidate
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McMahon | Labour | 13,232 | 34.3% |
| Zaffar Iqbal | Independent | 8,256 | 21.4% |
| David Silbiger | Reform UK | 6,848 | 17.8% |
| Horatio Lovering | Conservative | 4,066 | 10.5% |
| Raja Miah | Independent | 2,470 | 6.4% |
| Samsuzzaman Syed | Green Party | 1,857 | 4.8% |
| Hannah Kitching | Liberal Democrat | 1,271 | 3.3% |
| Tony Wilson | Independent | 573 | 1.5% |
2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.
Your area at a glance
Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.
How they vote
In the last 12 months Jim McMahon took part in 232 Commons votes.
More detail on how they vote
Jim McMahon voted the same way as their party in 231 of the 231 votes where parties gave instructions (100%), and went the other way in 0.
What does this mean?
Parties tell their MPs how to vote. Most MPs usually follow that. A high or low count says nothing on its own about whether an MP is good or bad, and we do not rank MPs by it. We only count votes where parties gave instructions, not free votes. How we count it
Recent votes
| Date | Vote | They voted | Compared with party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep | End of life for terminally ill adults: the first main vote | Against | Free vote |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 8 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
| 7 Sep | Health: a proposed change | Against | Same as party |
See every vote on Parliament’s site
Has this changed over time?
View data table
| Month | This MP | Party average |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Nov 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Dec 25 | 100% | 100% |
| Jan 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Feb 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Mar 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Apr 26 | 100% | 100% |
| May 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jun 26 | 100% | 100% |
| Jul 26 | 100% | 99% |
| Sep 26 | 100% | 100% |
Source: Commons Votes API
This page states what the record shows. It does not say why an MP voted as they did. How we calculate this