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Nigel Farage vs Andy McDonald

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Andy McDonald voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 151 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 135 different votes 151 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 3 No
Education 17% aligned 12 shared votes
1 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 11 No
Tax 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 11 No
Tax 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
6
15 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
4
66.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
2
33.3% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
0 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

13
-68.7 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 649
Appearances
91
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 649
15
-127.3 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 649
Contributions
123
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
35
7 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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
No topic data
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
No topic data
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
No topic data
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
No topic data
#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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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