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Naz Shah vs Chris McDonald

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

Photograph of Naz Shah
Naz Shah
Lab Bradford West
vs
Photograph of Chris McDonald
Chris McDonald
Lab Stockton North

Voting alignment

Naz Shah and Chris McDonald voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 299 shared comparable votes.

299 same votes 0 different votes 299 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 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

65.3%
7% below average
Rank 514 of 649
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 649
1,551
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
590 eligible divisions
860
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
48.8% of votes cast
691
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
234
51.2% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
Appearances
93
+9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 203 of 650
26
-119.7 vs Commons average
Rank 593 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

£2,337,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£312,636
38% above average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
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
57 of 67 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
169 of 211 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 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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