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John McDonnell vs Josh Babarinde

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Josh Babarinde voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

96 same votes 268 different votes 364 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 83% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 55% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
45 Aye 26 No
Tax 4% aligned 71 shared votes
29 Aye 42 No
21 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 11% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 425 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
415
590 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
54.0% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
191
46.0% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

128
+44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 650
Appearances
116
+32.4 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 650
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Contributions
133
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 234 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
£181,159
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£181,159
20% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 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
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API