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Luke Pollard vs Chris McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Chris McDonald voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

296 same votes 4 different votes 300 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
39 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
39 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
39 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

69.2%
3% below average
Rank 438 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
1,496
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
490
631 eligible divisions
824
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
49.2% of votes cast
672
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
249
50.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.4% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650
Appearances
95
+0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
673
+508.4 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
Contributions
415
+250.4 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37% above average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
3
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

Foreign Affairs
73 of 82 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Trade
74 of 90 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API