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Laura Trott vs John McDonnell

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

Photograph of Laura Trott
Laura Trott
Con Sevenoaks
vs
Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Laura Trott and John McDonnell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,003 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 955 different votes 1,003 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
9 Aye 24 No
Education 15% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
72 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 118 shared votes
46 Aye 72 No
18 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
12 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

74.5%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 649
Participation
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
1,235
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
640
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
595
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

31
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 649
Appearances
125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
50
-93.5 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 649
Contributions
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,164,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£284,794
26% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
143 of 174 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
57 of 70 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
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