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Andy McDonald vs Angela Rayner

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 Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner
Lab Ashton-under-Lyne

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Angela Rayner voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,349 shared comparable votes.

1,342 same votes 7 different votes 1,349 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
108 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 173 shared votes
108 Aye 65 No
110 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 156 shared votes
110 Aye 46 No
62 Aye 68 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 130 shared votes
62 Aye 68 No
24 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 111 shared votes
24 Aye 87 No
20 Aye 35 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 55 shared votes
20 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 12 No
Benefits 97% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 20 No
Housing 97% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
32 Aye 8 No
Education 98% aligned 40 shared votes
33 Aye 7 No
108 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 173 shared votes
108 Aye 65 No
110 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 156 shared votes
110 Aye 46 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
66.4 %
7 % below average
Rank 499 of 648
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,536
2,312 eligible divisions
979
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
862
56.1 % of votes cast
765
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
674
43.9 % of votes cast
20
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

80
+19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 648
Appearances
16
-44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 648
Contributions
100
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 235 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
£1,886,725
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£219,458
3 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 65 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 65 votes
#5
Work / Employment
57 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No rebel
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No rebel
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API