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Sarah Pochin vs John McDonnell

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 John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and John McDonnell voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 206 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 178 different votes 206 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 6 No
Benefits 43% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 3 No
Education 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 22% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 1 No
Transport 8% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
16 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

57.8%
15% below average
Rank 591 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 220 of 649
231
400 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,877
2,372 eligible divisions
105
45.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
54.2% of votes cast
126
54.5% of votes cast
No votes
859
45.8% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

99
+18.4 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
Appearances
119
+38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 649
119
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Contributions
150
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Housing
22 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
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 Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade 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
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
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
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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