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Andy McDonald vs Alex Easton

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
Photograph of Alex Easton
Alex Easton
Ind North Down

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Alex Easton voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 224 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 189 different votes 224 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 60% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Housing 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
Transport 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

75.7%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
Participation
43.3%
29% below average
Rank 632 of 649
1,791
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
251
580 eligible divisions
996
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
118
47.0% of votes cast
795
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
133
53.0% of votes cast
22
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

91
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 649
Appearances
100
+21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 649
127
-10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 649
Contributions
129
-8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 223 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
£190,220
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£190,220
16% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Energy
13 of 20 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Education
27 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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