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Andy McDonald vs Olivia Blake

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


Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Olivia Blake voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,063 shared comparable votes.

1,052 same votes 11 different votes 1,063 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
91 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 147 shared votes
91 Aye 56 No
40 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 103 shared votes
40 Aye 63 No
40 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 58 shared votes
40 Aye 18 No
37 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 57 shared votes
37 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 85 No
Migration 98% aligned 116 shared votes
33 Aye 83 No
91 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 147 shared votes
91 Aye 56 No
40 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 103 shared votes
40 Aye 63 No
40 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 58 shared votes
40 Aye 18 No
37 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 57 shared votes
37 Aye 20 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
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 327 of 650
1,819
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,252
1,687 eligible divisions
1,006
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
52.3% of votes cast
813
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
597
47.7% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

94
+5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 650
Appearances
35
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
131
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 650
Contributions
39
-115.6 vs Commons average
Rank 562 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 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
Education
66 of 69 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Work / Employment
59 of 70 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 212 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 154 votes
Transport
82 of 96 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API