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James Wild vs Chris McDonald

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

Photograph of James Wild
James Wild
Con North West Norfolk
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Photograph of Chris McDonald
Chris McDonald
Lab Stockton North

Voting alignment

James Wild and Chris McDonald voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 292 different votes 298 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 8 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
32 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
43 Aye 32 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
43 Aye 32 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

86.3 %
14 % above average
Rank 74 of 650
Participation
78.3 %
6 % above average
Rank 238 of 650
1,407
1,631 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
563 eligible divisions
699
49.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
218
49.4 % of votes cast
708
50.3 % of votes cast
No votes
223
50.6 % of votes cast
11
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
10
2.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

119
+48.0 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 650
Appearances
86
+15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
229
+103.0 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Contributions
381
+255.0 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£985,585
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£228,734
1 % above average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
49 of 51 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Defence
65 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 33 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 65 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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