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John McDonnell vs Christine Jardine

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 Christine Jardine
Christine Jardine
LD Edinburgh West

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Christine Jardine voted the same way 84% of the time, based on 1,187 shared comparable votes.

996 same votes 191 different votes 1,187 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
88 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 156 shared votes
88 Aye 68 No
34 Aye 93 No
Migration 100% aligned 127 shared votes
34 Aye 93 No
13 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
28 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
3 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 92% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 16 No
Education 50% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 50% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 22 No
Defence 65% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
102 Aye 43 No
Tax 66% aligned 145 shared votes
85 Aye 60 No
10 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 68% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 222 of 649
Participation
66.4 %
6 % below average
Rank 494 of 649
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,398
2,106 eligible divisions
1,017
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
779
55.7 % of votes cast
850
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
619
44.3 % of votes cast
24
1.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

115
+37.1 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 650
Appearances
145
+67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
146
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
Contributions
147
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 185 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
£1,941,958
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£318,822
41 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
16
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
176 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 163 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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