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Wera Hobhouse vs John McDonnell

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and John McDonnell voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,323 shared comparable votes.

1,085 same votes 238 different votes 1,323 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
89 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 155 shared votes
89 Aye 66 No
24 Aye 90 No
Migration 99% aligned 114 shared votes
25 Aye 89 No
20 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 97% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 94% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 89% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 45% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 19 No
Education 53% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
83 Aye 65 No
Tax 59% aligned 148 shared votes
103 Aye 45 No
16 Aye 33 No
Devolution / Local Government 67% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 70% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

73.0%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 650
Participation
79.1%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 650
1,571
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,903
2,406 eligible divisions
857
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,031
54.2% of votes cast
714
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
872
45.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

155
+62.0 vs Commons average
Rank 83 of 650
Appearances
145
+52.0 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 650
218
+56.0 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650
Contributions
186
+24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
12
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

#1
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Brexit / EU
171 of 189 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 80 votes
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
70 of 90 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API