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John Whitby vs Chris McDonald

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

John Whitby and Chris McDonald voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 436 shared comparable votes.

425 same votes 11 different votes 436 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
55 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
55 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
55 Aye 34 No
23 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

86.5%
14% above average
Rank 64 of 650
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
Rank 259 of 650
550
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
492
636 eligible divisions
282
51.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
49.4% of votes cast
268
48.7% of votes cast
No votes
249
50.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.4% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650
Appearances
94
-2.5 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 650
86
-82.2 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Contributions
414
+245.8 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£191,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£191,904
15% below average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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
34 of 34 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#2
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API