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Andy McDonald vs Aphra Brandreth

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


Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Aphra Brandreth voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 297 different votes 306 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
11 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 4 No
Housing 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 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
67.1 %
6 % below average
Rank 489 of 648
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
353
526 eligible divisions
979
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
160
45.3 % of votes cast
765
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
193
54.7 % of votes cast
20
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.7 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

80
+19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 648
Appearances
74
+13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 648
Contributions
95
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 247 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
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
5 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
53 of 59 votes
#2
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Transport
17 of 21 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API