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John McDonnell vs Alex Burghart

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

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Alex Burghart voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,464 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,406 different votes 1,464 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
32 Aye 10 No
Education 10% aligned 42 shared votes
6 Aye 36 No
94 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 162 shared votes
67 Aye 95 No
19 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 15 No
Housing 3% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 28 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
36 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
21 Aye 36 No
21 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 26 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 16 No
Energy 0% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
Participation
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

128
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Contributions
136
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
7
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 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
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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