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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 282 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 273 different votes 282 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
11 Aye 7 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
42 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
21 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
21 Aye 42 No
11 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 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
61.0 %
12 % below average
Rank 574 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
321
526 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
157
48.9 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
164
51.1 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

87
+26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
3
-57.4 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 648
118
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 648
Contributions
3
-105.9 vs Commons average
Rank 631 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
£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
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
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
Defence
18 of 22 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Transport
16 of 21 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sep 2024
Aye
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