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Alan Mak vs Sarah Pochin

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


Voting alignment

Alan Mak and Sarah Pochin voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 171 shared comparable votes.

162 same votes 9 different votes 171 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
9 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
0 Aye 16 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Trade 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 2 No
Transport 88% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 11 No
Defence 93% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 15 No
Housing 94% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
Participation
57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
232
404 eligible divisions
960
47.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
105
45.3% of votes cast
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
No votes
127
54.7% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
7
3.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 2025

Debates

24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
Appearances
98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649
Contributions
118
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£0
all imported IPSA years
£292,278
29% above average
Latest expenses
n/a
average unavailable
24
7 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Housing
22 of 25 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#5
Energy
6 of 8 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API