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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 313 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 303 different votes 313 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 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
23 Aye 42 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

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 222 of 649
Participation
63.1 %
10 % below average
Rank 538 of 649
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
363
575 eligible divisions
1,017
54.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
182
50.1 % of votes cast
850
45.5 % of votes cast
No votes
181
49.9 % of votes cast
24
1.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

118
+39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 101 of 649
Appearances
3
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
149
+9.6 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 649
Contributions
3
-136.4 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
6
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
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Transport
22 of 29 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sep 2024
Aye
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