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Alex Brewer vs John McDonnell

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


Voting alignment

Alex Brewer and John McDonnell voted the same way 31% of the time, based on 337 shared comparable votes.

103 same votes 234 different votes 337 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 55% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 43% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 31 No
Tax 6% aligned 51 shared votes
34 Aye 17 No
1 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 13 shared votes
13 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 3 No
Transport 12% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

65.9%
7% below average
Rank 502 of 649
Participation
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
389
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
214
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
175
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

49
-34.6 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 650
Appearances
128
+44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 650
50
-95.7 vs Commons average
Rank 508 of 650
Contributions
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£198,635
12% below average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API