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Gavin Robinson vs John McDonnell

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

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Gavin Robinson
DUP Belfast East
vs
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John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Gavin Robinson and John McDonnell voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 1,237 shared comparable votes.

307 same votes 930 different votes 1,237 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
19 Aye 22 No
Benefits 51% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
2 Aye 2 No
Cost of Living 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
48 Aye 35 No
Migration 43% aligned 83 shared votes
15 Aye 68 No
16 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 42% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 39% aligned 54 shared votes
32 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 99 No
Brexit / EU 14% aligned 160 shared votes
97 Aye 63 No
62 Aye 98 No
Tax 14% aligned 160 shared votes
108 Aye 52 No
18 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 14% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 16 No
Energy 17% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 18% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

64.6 %
8 % below average
Rank 523 of 649
Participation
79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,525
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
772
50.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,017
54.5 % of votes cast
753
49.4 % of votes cast
No votes
850
45.5 % of votes cast
7
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

62
-16.0 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Appearances
115
+37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
100
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 649
Contributions
146
+7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,803,428
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£220,061
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Trade
71 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
177 of 230 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 66 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
No
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