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Catherine McKinnell vs Rebecca Paul

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

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Catherine McKinnell
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne North
vs
Photograph of Rebecca Paul
Rebecca Paul
Con Reigate

Voting alignment

Catherine McKinnell and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 252 different votes 269 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
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 31 No
Tax 2% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

68.2%
4% below average
Rank 458 of 649
Participation
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
1,621
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
590 eligible divisions
888
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
44.9% of votes cast
733
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
256
55.1% of votes cast
17
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

34
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
Appearances
103
+20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 649
70
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 649
Contributions
150
+6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£312,180
38% above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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

Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Housing
53 of 67 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 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
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