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John McDonnell

Labour Hayes and Harlington

Voting record

6
Voted for
2
Voted against
1
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See John McDonnell’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for John McDonnell — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 1,881 of 2,376 (79%).

4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 Ayes 144, Noes 244 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 Ayes 135, Noes 258 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 Ayes 143, Noes 249 no vote recorded
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival Ayes 24, Noes 37 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 Ayes 356, Noes 86 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 Ayes 157, Noes 287 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Ayes 94, Noes 297 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 Ayes 90, Noes 290 no vote recorded
28 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory Ayes 103, Noes 284 no vote recorded
28 Jan 2026 Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 Ayes 294, Noes 108 no vote recorded
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities Ayes 105, Noes 332 no vote recorded
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Jury trials Ayes 182, Noes 290 no vote recorded
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Second Reading Ayes 341, Noes 195 no vote recorded
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition) Ayes 118, Noes 340 no vote recorded
9 Dec 2025 UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion Ayes 100, Noes 100 no vote recorded
21 Oct 2025 Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 Ayes 77, Noes 390 no vote recorded
14 Oct 2025 Mental Health Bill Report Stage New Clause 26 Ayes 78, Noes 327 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 Ayes 335, Noes 160 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 Ayes 401, Noes 96 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 39 Ayes 325, Noes 171 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 Ayes 404, Noes 98 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 Ayes 336, Noes 158 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 Ayes 402, Noes 97 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2025 Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 Ayes 398, Noes 93 no vote recorded
15 Jul 2025 Opposition Day: Tax Ayes 165, Noes 342 no vote recorded
11 Jul 2025 Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill Report: Amendment 1 Ayes 0, Noes 47 no vote recorded
11 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 58 no vote recorded
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL]: Third Reading Ayes 415, Noes 98 no vote recorded
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: Amendment 18 Ayes 178, Noes 338 no vote recorded
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 3 Ayes 86, Noes 340 no vote recorded
8 Jul 2025 Football Governance Bill [HL] Report Stage: New Clause 1 Ayes 167, Noes 346 no vote recorded
4 Jul 2025 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 33 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 Ayes 89, Noes 428 no vote recorded
10 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Third Reading Ayes 306, Noes 174 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 15 Ayes 73, Noes 323 no vote recorded
12 May 2025 Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Third Reading Ayes 316, Noes 95 no vote recorded
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

John McDonnell doesn’t currently hold a government or shadow front-bench post, but has in the past. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Previously held
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer — HM Treasury (2015-09-14 to 2020-04-05) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for John McDonnell →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: Rail, Maritime and Transport Union
Address of donor: Unity House, 39 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Administration and coordination of the RMT Parliamentary Group, which I chair, provided by Solidarity Consulting Ltd from 12 October 2024 to 11 October 2025, value £22,211
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 20 November 2024)

Employment & business

Name of donor: Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS)
Address of donor: 160 Falcon Road, London SW11 2LN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Administration and coordination of the PCS Parliamentary Group, which I chair, by Solidarity Consulting Ltd, from 15 October 2024 to 14 October 2025, value £34,358, value £34,358
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 20 November 2024)

Employment & business

Name of donor: Rail, Maritime and Transport Union
Address of donor: Unity House, 39 Chalton Street, London NW1 1JD
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Administration and coordination of the RMT Parliamentary Group, which I chair, provided by Solidarity Consulting Ltd from 13 October 2025 to 12 October 2026, value £25,091
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 29 October 2025)

Employment & business

Name of donor: Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS)
Address of donor: 160 Falcon Road, London SW11 2LN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Administration and coordination of the PCS Parliamentary Group, which I chair, by Solidarity Consulting Ltd, from 15 October 2025 to 14 October 2026, value £36,077
Donor status: trade union
(Registered 29 October 2025)

Employment & business

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for John McDonnell yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question John McDonnell has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£273,695.30 paid out to or for John McDonnell across 83 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. 1 claim on file weren’t paid out (rejected, withdrawn, or otherwise not approved). This does not include John McDonnell’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £238,246.57 (3 claims)
Office Costs — £35,448.73 (80 claims)
Most recent claims
Utilities — £123.02, 2026-02-05 — Gas
Utilities — £282.17, 2026-01-19 — Electricity
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £190.91, 2026-01-19 — Landline
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £333.61, 2026-01-19 — Landline
Utilities — £75.24, 2025-11-27 — Gas
Utilities — £143.42, 2025-11-18 — Electricity
Utilities — £422.14, 2025-10-24 — Electricity
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £212.51, 2025-10-10 — Landline

Every claim on file for John McDonnell →

Early Day Motions

John McDonnell has tabled 20 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 356 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions John McDonnell personally tabled — not motions John McDonnell may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled
Industrial action at V&A Museum — tabled 2026-09-03, 16 sponsors
Conduct of Bellway Homes Limited — tabled 2026-07-16, 4 sponsors
London South Bank University industrial dispute — tabled 2026-07-13, 28 sponsors
50th anniversary of the Trico strike for equal pay — tabled 2026-07-06, 14 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

John McDonnell is a listed officer of 6 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Airport Communities — Vice Chair
Declared funding: No Third Runway Coalition (£3,001-4,500).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Immigration Detention — Officer
Declared funding: Medical Justice (£13,501-15,000).
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Indian Traditional Sciences — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Investment Fraud and Fairer Financial Services — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Intergenerational Inquiry — Co-Chair
Declared funding: The Influencing the Corridors of Power Project (ICOP) at SOAS University of London (£28,501-30,000).
Drugs, Alcohol and Justice All-Party Parliamentary Group — Vice Chair
Declared funding: Solidarity Consulting (£9,001-10,500).
Who funds these groups

Biggest declared funder across these groups: The Influencing the Corridors of Power Project (ICOP) at SOAS University of London — about £29,250.50 across 1 group (All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Intergenerational Inquiry).

The Influencing the Corridors of Power Project (ICOP) at SOAS University of London — about £29,250.50, 1 group
Medical Justice — about £14,250.50, 1 group
Solidarity Consulting — about £9,750.50, 1 group
No Third Runway Coalition — about £3,750.50, 1 group

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to John McDonnell personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups John McDonnell is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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