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Rishi Sunak vs John McDonnell

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

Photograph of Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak
Con Richmond and Northallerton
vs
Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Rishi Sunak and John McDonnell voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 793 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 747 different votes 793 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
7 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 9 No
Benefits 8% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 10 No
Migration 6% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
35 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 59 shared votes
25 Aye 34 No
51 Aye 93 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 144 shared votes
94 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 75 No
Tax 0% aligned 110 shared votes
75 Aye 35 No
16 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 16 No
Transport 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 11 No
Energy 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

42.3%
30% below average
Rank 631 of 649
Participation
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
1,005
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
454
45.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
551
54.8% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
4
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

42
-40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 491 of 649
Appearances
125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
51
-92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 649
Contributions
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£166,813
26% below average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
15
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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

Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Transport
52 of 95 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
20 of 48 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sept 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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