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John McDonnell vs Priti Patel

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 Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Priti Patel voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,223 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,169 different votes 1,223 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
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
33 Aye 18 No
Education 6% aligned 51 shared votes
15 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
103 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 165 shared votes
60 Aye 105 No
23 Aye 75 No
Migration 3% aligned 98 shared votes
72 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 12 No
Energy 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

128
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Contributions
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 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
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 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
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 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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