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Andy McDonald vs Mr James Frith

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 Mr James Frith
Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Mr James Frith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 733 shared comparable votes.

722 same votes 11 different votes 733 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
72 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
72 Aye 40 No
69 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 107 shared votes
69 Aye 38 No
22 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 11 No
Benefits 76% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 94% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 11 No
Migration 94% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
28 Aye 18 No
Education 98% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
72 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 112 shared votes
72 Aye 40 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 650
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 289 of 650
1,819
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
619 eligible divisions
1,006
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
48.4% of votes cast
813
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
242
51.6% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.3% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

94
+5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650
Appearances
45
-43.8 vs Commons average
Rank 504 of 650
131
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 650
Contributions
91
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£817,882
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£210,945
7% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
74 of 80 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 212 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Transport
82 of 96 votes
#5
Education
46 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
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 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
Where they voted the same
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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