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Andy McDonald vs James Naish

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 James Naish
James Naish
Lab Rushcliffe

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and James Naish voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 395 shared comparable votes.

386 same votes 9 different votes 395 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
49 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
49 Aye 40 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 12 No
Benefits 71% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 96% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
49 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
49 Aye 40 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 289 of 650
Participation
71.3%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 650
1,835
2,421 eligible divisions
Total votes
453
635 eligible divisions
1,018
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
47.9% of votes cast
817
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
236
52.1% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
2.0% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

102
+5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650
Appearances
207
+110.9 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 650
141
-26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 650
Contributions
270
+102.8 vs Commons average
Rank 105 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,058
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£186,058
18% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
7 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
74 of 80 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 212 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Transport
84 of 98 votes
#5
Housing
31 of 33 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition Day: Welfare: Government amendment 11 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Opposition motion: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API