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Mike Wood vs Andy McDonald

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

Photograph of Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
vs
Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Andy McDonald voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,501 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,429 different votes 1,501 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 22 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 30 No
Benefits 6% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 23 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
95 Aye 29 No
Migration 3% aligned 124 shared votes
25 Aye 99 No
65 Aye 92 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 157 shared votes
89 Aye 68 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 31 No
Defence 0% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 72 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
2,049
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
986
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
1,063
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
145
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 210 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

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
5
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Housing
61 of 67 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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
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