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Mary Creagh vs Chris McDonald

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

Photograph of Mary Creagh
Mary Creagh
Lab Coventry East
vs
Photograph of Chris McDonald
Chris McDonald
Lab Stockton North

Voting alignment

Mary Creagh and Chris McDonald voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 308 shared comparable votes.

308 same votes 0 different votes 308 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 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
39 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
39 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

65.1%
8% below average
Rank 518 of 649
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 649
384
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
590 eligible divisions
200
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
48.8% of votes cast
184
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
234
51.2% of votes cast
14
3.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 650
Appearances
93
+9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 650
244
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 650
Contributions
406
+260.3 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,742,497
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£173,551
23% below average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
1
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

Housing
29 of 32 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
30 of 39 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Tax
79 of 112 votes
#5
Migration
11 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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