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John McDonnell vs Julia Lopez

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 Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Julia Lopez voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,416 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,363 different votes 1,416 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 14 No
Education 10% aligned 42 shared votes
12 Aye 30 No
32 Aye 20 No
Benefits 4% aligned 52 shared votes
18 Aye 34 No
17 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
93 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 159 shared votes
61 Aye 98 No
21 Aye 14 No
Housing 3% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
23 Aye 33 No
29 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 25 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 14 No
Energy 0% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 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
83.6 %
10 % above average
Rank 139 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,057 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
821
47.7 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
899
52.3 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

87
+26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 648
118
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 648
Contributions
37
-71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 519 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
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
185 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 161 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
Trade
76 of 84 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Tax
249 of 284 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 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
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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