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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 297 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 294 different votes 297 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
34 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
35 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
35 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

85.1%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
72.7%
same as average
Rank 366 of 649
1,799
2,113 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
582 eligible divisions
867
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
219
51.8% of votes cast
932
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
204
48.2% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Appearances
55
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 649
128
-11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
Contributions
233
+93.6 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 649

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
4
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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
83 of 87 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes
#5
Transport
27 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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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