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John McDonnell vs Gill Furniss

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 Gill Furniss
Gill Furniss
Lab Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Gill Furniss voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,475 shared comparable votes.

1,442 same votes 33 different votes 1,475 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
130 Aye 58 No
Tax 100% aligned 188 shared votes
130 Aye 58 No
108 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 178 shared votes
108 Aye 70 No
38 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 62 shared votes
38 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 28 No
Trade 100% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 23 No
Benefits 86% aligned 58 shared votes
33 Aye 25 No
39 Aye 19 No
Education 93% aligned 58 shared votes
41 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 13 No
Energy 94% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 96% aligned 25 shared votes
22 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 97% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

79.0%
7% above average
Rank 220 of 650
Participation
71.2%
1% below average
Rank 395 of 650
1,910
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,684
2,366 eligible divisions
1,038
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
928
55.1% of votes cast
872
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
756
44.9% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
10 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

146
+51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
Appearances
40
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 650
186
+21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650
Contributions
35
-129.6 vs Commons average
Rank 586 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
£2,125,000
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£322,640
43% above average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
7
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

Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 80 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Housing
51 of 62 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye rebel
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
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