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Sarah Pochin vs Andy McDonald

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Andy McDonald voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 199 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 183 different votes 199 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 6 No
Benefits 38% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
0 Aye 3 No
Education 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 25% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 31 shared votes
18 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
16 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
Participation
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

98
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
Appearances
89
+7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 649
118
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 649
Contributions
118
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#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
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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