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Andy McDonald vs Yuan Yang

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 Yuan Yang
Yuan Yang
Lab Earley and Woodley

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Yuan Yang voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 465 shared comparable votes.

450 same votes 15 different votes 465 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
58 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
58 Aye 39 No
20 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 14 No
Benefits 76% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 96% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 18 No
Education 97% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
58 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
58 Aye 39 No
20 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

75.8%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 650
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 138 of 650
1,836
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
526
636 eligible divisions
1,018
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
47.7% of votes cast
818
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
275
52.3% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

102
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
Appearances
34
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 650
141
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
Contributions
45
-123.9 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
£213,042
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£213,042
6% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
6 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
Transport
32 of 32 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
183 of 212 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Transport
84 of 98 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 4 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2026 4 Nov 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
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