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Chris McDonald vs Julia Lopez

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 Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster

Voting alignment

Chris McDonald and Julia Lopez voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 327 different votes 343 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
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
54 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
34 Aye 54 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
34 Aye 54 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
11 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 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
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
457
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
223
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
848
48.0% of votes cast
234
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
920
52.0% of votes cast
12
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% 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
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
406
+260.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
Contributions
35
-110.9 vs Commons average
Rank 563 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
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£217,932
4% below average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
185 of 188 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 163 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Tax
251 of 288 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
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 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
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