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Andy McDonald vs Rebecca Paul

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 Rebecca Paul
Rebecca Paul
Con Reigate

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 293 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 4 No
Benefits 20% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 5% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
34 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
28 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
28 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 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
78.5 %
5 % above average
Rank 246 of 648
1,744
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
526 eligible divisions
979
56.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
178
43.1 % of votes cast
765
43.9 % of votes cast
No votes
235
56.9 % of votes cast
20
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % 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
65
+4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 648
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 648
Contributions
101
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 231 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 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
34 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 65 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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