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John McDonnell vs Kim Johnson

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 Kim Johnson
Kim Johnson
Lab Liverpool Riverside

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Kim Johnson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,036 shared comparable votes.

1,021 same votes 15 different votes 1,036 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
85 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 131 shared votes
85 Aye 46 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 31 No
Transport 100% aligned 46 shared votes
15 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 16 No
Education 90% aligned 49 shared votes
38 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 96% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 8 No
Energy 96% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 94 No
Migration 97% aligned 109 shared votes
14 Aye 95 No
20 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 98% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 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
70.6 %
3 % below average
Rank 422 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,126
1,594 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
580
51.5 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
546
48.5 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.2 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

87
+26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
90
+29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 648
118
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 648
Contributions
102
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 228 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
£1,233,187
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£286,858
27 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
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
Devolution / Local Government
47 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Transport
48 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
30 of 37 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Education
55 of 68 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye rebel
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 12 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
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 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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