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Julia Lopez vs Andy McDonald

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

Photograph of Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster
vs
Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Julia Lopez and Andy McDonald voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,379 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,313 different votes 1,379 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
15 Aye 30 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 31 No
Education 4% aligned 47 shared votes
33 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
94 Aye 35 No
Migration 3% aligned 129 shared votes
31 Aye 98 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 24 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
848
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
920
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
35
-108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
Contributions
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£227,011
same as average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
0
0 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

Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
#1
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Migration
151 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Trade
79 of 87 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Tax
251 of 288 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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