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John McDonnell vs Helen Grant

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 Helen Grant
Helen Grant
Con Maidstone and Malling

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Helen Grant voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,417 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,350 different votes 1,417 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
15 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
35 Aye 21 No
Education 9% aligned 56 shared votes
16 Aye 40 No
105 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 174 shared votes
70 Aye 104 No
29 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
32 Aye 20 No
Benefits 4% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 27 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 18 No
Energy 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
124 Aye 66 No
Tax 1% aligned 190 shared votes
65 Aye 125 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
73.7%
1% above average
Rank 340 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,751
2,376 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
826
47.2% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
925
52.8% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
Appearances
16
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 587 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
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 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
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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
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
No
Data (Use and Access) Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement to LA49 and make (a) to (e) in lieu 10 Jun 2025
Digital / Online Safety
No
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