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Sarah Russell vs Andy McDonald
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sarah Russell and Andy McDonald voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 453 shared comparable votes.
442 same votes
11 different votes
453 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
82.9%
11% above average
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
525
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,833
2,419 eligible divisions
268
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,017
55.5% of votes cast
257
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
816
44.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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
95
+0.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
100
+5.5 vs Commons average
136
-28.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
138
-26.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21% below average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
2
2 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
18 Mar 2026
No
rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API