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Alan Gemmell vs Rachel Hopkins

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

Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire
vs
Photograph of Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Alan Gemmell and Rachel Hopkins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 442 shared comparable votes.

442 same votes 0 different votes 442 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
57 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
57 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
57 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

80.1 %
7 % above average
Rank 198 of 650
Participation
84.7 %
12 % above average
Rank 106 of 650
451
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,382
1,631 eligible divisions
236
52.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
735
53.2 % of votes cast
215
47.7 % of votes cast
No votes
647
46.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

28
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 546 of 650
Appearances
88
+17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650
34
-91.8 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
103
-22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£170,626
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
£170,626
25 % below average
Latest expenses
£253,152
12 % above average
10
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 53 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Education
64 of 68 votes
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
141 of 152 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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