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Chris McDonald vs Alex Burghart

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

Photograph of Chris McDonald
Chris McDonald
Lab Stockton North
vs
Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Chris McDonald and Alex Burghart voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 297 different votes 311 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
42 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
28 Aye 42 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
28 Aye 42 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

77.5%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 649
Participation
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
457
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
223
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
234
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% of votes cast
12
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

93
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
406
+260.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
Contributions
136
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£217,932
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£217,932
4% below average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
0
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 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: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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