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Julia Buckley vs Andy McDonald

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

Photograph of Julia Buckley
Julia Buckley
Lab Shrewsbury
vs
Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Julia Buckley and Andy McDonald voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 444 shared comparable votes.

432 same votes 12 different votes 444 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
41 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
41 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 19 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 13 No
Benefits 77% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 11 No
Housing 96% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
41 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
41 Aye 38 No
27 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

78.1%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 650
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 650
497
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,836
2,422 eligible divisions
244
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
55.4% of votes cast
253
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
818
44.6% of votes cast
7
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

35
-61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650
Appearances
102
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
36
-132.9 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650
Contributions
141
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£246,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£246,317
9% above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Work / Employment
74 of 80 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Housing
32 of 33 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
183 of 212 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#5
Transport
84 of 98 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 4 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2026 4 Nov 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API