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Andy McDonald vs Andrew Griffith

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
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Photograph of Andrew Griffith
Andrew Griffith
Con Arundel and South Downs

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Andrew Griffith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 957 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 919 different votes 957 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
14 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 7 No
Energy 4% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 3% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 96 No
Migration 3% aligned 125 shared votes
92 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 12 No
Benefits 3% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
26 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
16 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 307 of 648
Participation
79.6 %
6 % above average
Rank 224 of 648
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,269
1,594 eligible divisions
979
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
634
50.0 % of votes cast
765
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
635
50.0 % of votes cast
20
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

80
+19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 648
Appearances
31
-29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 648
Contributions
45
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,237,293
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£285,103
26 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
15
7 registered categories
0
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
69 of 75 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 152 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 65 votes
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 65 votes
#5
Defence
49 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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