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John McDonnell vs Alison Bennett

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


Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Alison Bennett voted the same way 28% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

104 same votes 263 different votes 367 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 83% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 11 No
Benefits 53% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
44 Aye 23 No
Tax 4% aligned 67 shared votes
26 Aye 41 No
13 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 11% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 15 No
Transport 14% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 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
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 392 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
422
590 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
53.6% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
196
46.4% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

128
+44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 650
Appearances
140
+56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 650
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Contributions
162
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,775
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£141,775
37% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API