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John McDonnell vs Shivani Raja

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 Shivani Raja
Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Shivani Raja voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 312 different votes 323 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
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 8 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
23 Aye 42 No
28 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 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
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
Appearances
16
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Contributions
18
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 610 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
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
7
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Motion to Disagree with the Lords in their Amendment 49F (Data Use and Access Bill) 3 Jun 2025
No
No
Data Use and Access Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 49D 22 May 2025
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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