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John McDonnell vs Jeremy Corbyn

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 Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn
Ind Islington North

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 1,323 shared comparable votes.

1,231 same votes 92 different votes 1,323 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
102 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 169 shared votes
102 Aye 67 No
28 Aye 105 No
Migration 100% aligned 133 shared votes
28 Aye 105 No
28 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 48 shared votes
28 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 20 No
Housing 73% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 16 No
Education 76% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
22 Aye 17 No
Defence 85% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
56 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 86% aligned 129 shared votes
60 Aye 69 No
11 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 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
62.2 %
11 % below average
Rank 559 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,438
2,312 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
796
55.4 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
642
44.6 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
42 years, 11 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

87
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
87
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 648
118
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 648
Contributions
125
+17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 158 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
£2,714,849
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,788
26 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
29
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
Migration
142 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Work / Employment
53 of 75 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
48 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 342 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API