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Martin Vickers vs John McDonnell

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

Photograph of Martin Vickers
Martin Vickers
Con Brigg and Immingham
vs
Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Martin Vickers and John McDonnell voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,617 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,553 different votes 1,617 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
13 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 48 No
Education 8% aligned 64 shared votes
43 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 26 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 35 No
Benefits 4% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 28 No
Energy 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 95 of 649
Participation
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
2,019
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
959
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
1,060
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
26
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

157
+73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 649
Appearances
128
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 649
156
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649
Contributions
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,256,309
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£210,269
7% below average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
8
4 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
205 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
87 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Migration
160 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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 65 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
Where they voted the same
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
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
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