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John McDonnell vs Gareth Davies

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 Gareth Davies
Gareth Davies
Con Grantham and Bourne

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Gareth Davies voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,098 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 1,058 different votes 1,098 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
28 Aye 13 No
Education 12% aligned 41 shared votes
10 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
28 Aye 21 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 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
83.7 %
10 % above average
Rank 133 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,334
1,594 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
665
49.9 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
669
50.1 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

87
+26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
28
-32.4 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 648
118
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 648
Contributions
36
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 522 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
£1,160,498
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£271,157
20 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
4 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
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
146 of 152 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
Trade
47 of 50 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
154 of 173 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
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
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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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