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Alex Brewer vs Andy McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Alex Brewer and Andy McDonald voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 270 different votes 341 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
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 1 No
Energy 62% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 60% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 29 No
Tax 6% aligned 54 shared votes
32 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 24 No
Education 8% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
1 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 13 shared votes
13 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

66.2%
6% below average
Rank 500 of 650
Participation
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 650
394
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,799
2,381 eligible divisions
217
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
998
55.5% of votes cast
177
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
801
44.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

50
-35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 650
Appearances
92
+6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
51
-97.6 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650
Contributions
125
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£198,635
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£198,635
12% below average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

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