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Alex Burghart vs Chris Ward

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

Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar
vs
Photograph of Chris Ward
Chris Ward
Lab Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Voting alignment

Alex Burghart and Chris Ward voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 267 different votes 270 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
32 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
35 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
35 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

85.4 %
12 % above average
Rank 96 of 647
Participation
72.8 %
same as average
Rank 371 of 647
1,766
2,068 eligible divisions
Total votes
391
537 eligible divisions
850
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
204
52.2 % of votes cast
916
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
187
47.8 % of votes cast
4
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 647
Appearances
40
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 647
106
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 647
Contributions
178
+64.4 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£203,620
10 % below average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10 % below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
188 of 188 votes
#1
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Migration
154 of 161 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Trade
80 of 84 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 40 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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