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John McDonnell vs Rebecca Long Bailey

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 Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Rebecca Long Bailey voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,608 shared comparable votes.

1,585 same votes 23 different votes 1,608 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
124 Aye 67 No
Tax 100% aligned 191 shared votes
124 Aye 67 No
109 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 174 shared votes
109 Aye 65 No
71 Aye 81 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 152 shared votes
71 Aye 81 No
33 Aye 36 No
Trade 100% aligned 69 shared votes
33 Aye 36 No
41 Aye 25 No
Benefits 100% aligned 66 shared votes
41 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 23 No
Education 94% aligned 65 shared votes
44 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 15 No
Energy 98% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
32 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 98% aligned 45 shared votes
33 Aye 12 No
37 Aye 99 No
Migration 98% aligned 136 shared votes
36 Aye 100 No
22 Aye 26 No
Devolution / Local Government 98% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 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
76.4 %
3 % above average
Rank 286 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,767
2,312 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
991
56.1 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
776
43.9 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
24
1.4 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

87
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
29
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 648
118
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 648
Contributions
32
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 537 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
£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£259,636
15 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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
Defence
56 of 59 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 43 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Transport
74 of 87 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
Aye rebel
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
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
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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