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Andy McDonald vs Alan Mak

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

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
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Alan Mak
Con Havant

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Alan Mak voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,530 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 1,456 different votes 1,530 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
110 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 176 shared votes
66 Aye 110 No
24 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 20 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
33 Aye 35 No
33 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 26 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
135 Aye 71 No
Tax 0% aligned 206 shared votes
70 Aye 136 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Appearances
24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
23
7 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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