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James MacCleary vs John McDonnell

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

Photograph of James MacCleary
James MacCleary
LD Lewes
vs
Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

James MacCleary and John McDonnell voted the same way 30% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

96 same votes 219 different votes 315 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 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 42% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 39 No
Tax 7% aligned 60 shared votes
41 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 5 No
Transport 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 24 shared votes
21 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

61.7%
11% below average
Rank 561 of 649
Participation
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
364
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
189
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
175
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

91
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 650
Appearances
128
+44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 650
100
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 650
Contributions
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£188,021
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£188,021
17% below average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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

Housing
27 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API