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Andy McDonald vs Sarah Gibson

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 Sarah Gibson
Sarah Gibson
LD Chippenham

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Sarah Gibson voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

62 same votes 250 different votes 312 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
10 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 5 No
Migration 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 11 No
Benefits 44% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
29 Aye 22 No
Tax 6% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 12 No
Education 8% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

75.7 %
3 % above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
62.6 %
10 % below average
Rank 550 of 649
1,787
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
360
575 eligible divisions
995
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
190
52.8 % of votes cast
792
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
170
47.2 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
13 years, 8 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Appearances
25
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650
129
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 650
Contributions
31
-107.3 vs Commons average
Rank 566 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
£230,135
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£230,135
2 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
71 of 77 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
45 of 62 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Trade
5 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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