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Anna Dixon vs Andy McDonald

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

Photograph of Anna Dixon
Anna Dixon
Lab Shipley
vs
Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Anna Dixon and Andy McDonald voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 459 shared comparable votes.

449 same votes 10 different votes 459 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
51 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
51 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
30 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 12 No
Benefits 75% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 2 No
Migration 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 11 No
Housing 96% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
25 Aye 17 No
Education 98% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
51 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
51 Aye 40 No

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

Voting record

83.6%
11% above average
Rank 116 of 650
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 650
529
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,833
2,419 eligible divisions
268
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,017
55.5% of votes cast
261
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
816
44.5% of votes cast
14
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

170
+75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 650
Appearances
100
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
331
+166.4 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 650
Contributions
138
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£182,077
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£182,077
19% below average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Work / Employment
74 of 80 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
183 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#5
Transport
84 of 98 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No rebel
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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