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Pamela Nash vs Andy McDonald

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

Photograph of Pamela Nash
Pamela Nash
Lab Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke
vs
Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Pamela Nash and Andy McDonald voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 432 shared comparable votes.

417 same votes 15 different votes 432 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
54 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
54 Aye 36 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 12 No
Transport 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 7 No
Migration 91% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 5 No
Benefits 93% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 8 No
Housing 96% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 97% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

78.6%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 650
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 650
500
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,836
2,422 eligible divisions
243
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
55.4% of votes cast
257
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
818
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

21
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
Appearances
101
+4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
30
-138.2 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 650
Contributions
140
-28.2 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£906,679
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£97,383
57% below average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Housing
28 of 33 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
183 of 212 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Transport
84 of 98 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No rebel
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No rebel
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026 4 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Housing (Tenancy Deposit Schemes) Order 2026 4 Nov 2026
Housing
Aye
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
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