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Andy McDonald vs Wendy Chamberlain

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 Wendy Chamberlain
Wendy Chamberlain
LD North East Fife

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Wendy Chamberlain voted the same way 73% of the time, based on 917 shared comparable votes.

666 same votes 251 different votes 917 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
21 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 84 No
Migration 97% aligned 106 shared votes
23 Aye 83 No
17 Aye 18 No
Trade 97% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 92% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 4 No
Energy 91% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 17 No
Education 24% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 48% aligned 42 shared votes
11 Aye 31 No
70 Aye 42 No
Tax 50% aligned 112 shared votes
68 Aye 44 No
20 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 55% aligned 44 shared votes
12 Aye 32 No
14 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 61% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 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
69.1 %
4 % below average
Rank 447 of 649
1,787
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,136
1,643 eligible divisions
995
55.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
588
51.8 % of votes cast
792
44.3 % of votes cast
No votes
548
48.2 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
13 years, 8 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
Appearances
110
+32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 650
129
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 650
Contributions
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 196 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
£1,350,009
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£308,895
37 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
10
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
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 55 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
120 of 154 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
133 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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