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Rachel Gilmour vs Andy McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Gilmour and Andy McDonald voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 212 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 167 different votes 212 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
8 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 6 No
Benefits 47% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 0 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 10 No
Housing 29% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
21 Aye 18 No
Tax 3% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
4 Aye 3 No
Education 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

42.4%
30% below average
Rank 632 of 650
Participation
75.6%
3% above average
Rank 294 of 650
255
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,387 eligible divisions
142
55.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,002
55.5% of votes cast
113
44.3% of votes cast
No votes
803
44.5% of votes cast
3
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

125
+39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 650
Appearances
91
+5.4 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
154
+4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
Contributions
126
-23.1 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£174,467
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£174,467
23% below average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
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

Housing
24 of 32 votes
#1
Work / Employment
74 of 80 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 5 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Benefits
17 of 30 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API