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John McDonnell vs Wendy Chamberlain

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 Wendy Chamberlain
Wendy Chamberlain
LD North East Fife

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Wendy Chamberlain voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 986 shared comparable votes.

749 same votes 237 different votes 986 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
21 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
30 Aye 84 No
Migration 99% aligned 114 shared votes
29 Aye 85 No
17 Aye 16 No
Trade 97% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 7 No
Energy 96% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 46% aligned 41 shared votes
11 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 19 No
Education 48% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
74 Aye 38 No
Tax 51% aligned 112 shared votes
65 Aye 47 No
17 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 62% aligned 39 shared votes
10 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 24 No
Transport 65% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 448 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,143
1,658 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
594
52.0% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
549
48.0% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

128
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
Appearances
119
+35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Contributions
158
+12.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 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
£1,350,009
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£308,895
37% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
10
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
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
55 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 55 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
120 of 154 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
133 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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