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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 1,456 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,399 different votes 1,456 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
34 Aye 14 No
Education 10% aligned 48 shared votes
11 Aye 37 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
18 Aye 14 No
Housing 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 102 No
Migration 0% aligned 137 shared votes
102 Aye 35 No
37 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
20 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 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 234 of 648
Participation
82.9 %
10 % above average
Rank 153 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,783
2,152 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.8 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
913
51.2 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Dec 2016

Debates

87
+26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
100
+39.6 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 648
118
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 648
Contributions
148
+39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648

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
0
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

Defence
54 of 59 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 59 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 162 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Trade
79 of 86 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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