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Chris McDonald vs Alicia Kearns

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 Alicia Kearns
Alicia Kearns
Con Rutland and Stamford

Voting alignment

Chris McDonald and Alicia Kearns voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 258 different votes 264 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
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
38 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
23 Aye 38 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
23 Aye 38 No
20 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 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
69.9%
3% below average
Rank 433 of 649
457
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,159
1,658 eligible divisions
223
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
575
49.6% of votes cast
234
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
584
50.4% of votes cast
12
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

93
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 649
Appearances
132
+48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 649
406
+260.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
Contributions
188
+42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 148 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
£1,417,308
all imported IPSA years
£217,932
4% below average
Latest expenses
£320,176
42% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 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
63 of 63 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#2
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
37 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
143 of 174 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Housing
44 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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