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Alex Davies-Jones vs John McDonnell

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

Photograph of Alex Davies-Jones
Alex Davies-Jones
Lab Pontypridd
vs
Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Alex Davies-Jones and John McDonnell voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,100 shared comparable votes.

1,076 same votes 24 different votes 1,100 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
93 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 135 shared votes
93 Aye 42 No
29 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 20 No
Benefits 81% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 96% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 11 No
Energy 97% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
27 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 97% aligned 33 shared votes
26 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 97% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
1% below average
Rank 401 of 650
Participation
79.0%
7% above average
Rank 220 of 650
1,206
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,910
2,417 eligible divisions
620
51.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,038
54.3% of votes cast
586
48.6% of votes cast
No votes
872
45.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

70
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 650
Appearances
146
+51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
295
+130.4 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 650
Contributions
186
+21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,333,464
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£314,112
39% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
37 of 41 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Migration
136 of 154 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 80 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Defence
61 of 70 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
143 of 178 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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