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John McDonnell vs Dr Caroline Johnson

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 Dr Caroline Johnson
Dr Caroline Johnson
Con Sleaford and North Hykeham

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Dr Caroline Johnson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,500 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,441 different votes 1,500 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
35 Aye 14 No
Education 10% aligned 49 shared votes
11 Aye 38 No
22 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
106 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 173 shared votes
68 Aye 105 No
32 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 51 shared votes
17 Aye 34 No
12 Aye 18 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 103 No
Migration 0% aligned 138 shared votes
103 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
37 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
20 Aye 37 No
32 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
21 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 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
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 138 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,836
2,216 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
896
48.8% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
940
51.2% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.5% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 9 months
Since 8 Dec 2016

Debates

128
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Appearances
143
+59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Contributions
403
+257.1 vs Commons average
Rank 36 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
£1,451,695
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£229,187
1% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
204 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
154 of 164 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 89 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 65 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
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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: 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
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
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