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Mrs Elsie Blundell vs Andy McDonald

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

Photograph of Mrs Elsie Blundell
Mrs Elsie Blundell
Lab Heywood and Middleton North
vs
Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Mrs Elsie Blundell and Andy McDonald voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 459 shared comparable votes.

450 same votes 9 different votes 459 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
55 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
55 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 17 No
Transport 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 78% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 7 No
Migration 92% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 11 No
Housing 96% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
30 Aye 16 No
Education 98% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
55 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
55 Aye 39 No

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

Voting record

82.8%
10% above average
Rank 137 of 650
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 650
524
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,833
2,419 eligible divisions
259
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,017
55.5% of votes cast
265
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
816
44.5% of votes cast
10
1.9% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

73
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
Appearances
100
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
101
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 650
Contributions
138
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£161,906
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£161,906
28% below average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Work / Employment
74 of 80 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
183 of 212 votes
Transport
30 of 32 votes
#5
Transport
84 of 98 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No rebel
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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