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John McDonnell vs Chris Philp

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 Chris Philp
Chris Philp
Con Croydon South

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Chris Philp voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,580 shared comparable votes.

90 same votes 1,490 different votes 1,580 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
36 Aye 22 No
Education 10% aligned 58 shared votes
18 Aye 40 No
23 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
108 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 177 shared votes
70 Aye 107 No
26 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
37 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 19 No
Benefits 0% aligned 53 shared votes
19 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 19 No
Energy 0% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 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
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Contributions
85
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
5 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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 143 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
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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 (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 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
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