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John McDonnell vs Steve Reed

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 Steve Reed
Steve Reed
Lab Streatham and Croydon North

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Steve Reed voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,356 shared comparable votes.

1,331 same votes 25 different votes 1,356 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
127 Aye 64 No
Tax 100% aligned 191 shared votes
127 Aye 64 No
109 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 176 shared votes
109 Aye 67 No
37 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 66 shared votes
37 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 28 No
Transport 100% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 16 No
Benefits 82% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 11 No
Energy 91% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
35 Aye 19 No
Education 93% aligned 54 shared votes
37 Aye 17 No
34 Aye 34 No
Trade 99% aligned 68 shared votes
35 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 78 No
Migration 99% aligned 104 shared votes
27 Aye 77 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.0%
7% above average
Rank 220 of 650
Participation
61.9%
10% below average
Rank 554 of 650
1,910
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,496
2,417 eligible divisions
1,038
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
58.2% of votes cast
872
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
626
41.8% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

146
+51.5 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
Appearances
46
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 650
186
+21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 650
Contributions
410
+245.4 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30% above average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
75 of 82 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 80 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Trade
70 of 94 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye rebel
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
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
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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