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Gregory Stafford vs Chris McDonald

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

Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon
vs
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Chris McDonald
Lab Stockton North

Voting alignment

Gregory Stafford and Chris McDonald voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 292 different votes 309 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 3 No
Benefits 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
29 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
47 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
47 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

75.9%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 649
448
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
590 eligible divisions
208
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
48.8% of votes cast
240
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
234
51.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
Appearances
92
+9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 649
289
+145.5 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 649
Contributions
405
+261.5 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£192,386
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£192,386
15% below average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
5
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

Tax
101 of 112 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#2
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#5
Migration
11 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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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