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Alex Burghart vs Josh MacAlister

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 Josh MacAlister
Josh MacAlister
Lab Whitehaven and Workington

Voting alignment

Alex Burghart and Josh MacAlister voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 347 different votes 351 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
34 Aye 45 No
Tax 1% aligned 79 shared votes
44 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

85.1%
13% above average
Rank 85 of 650
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 650
1,830
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
509
619 eligible divisions
884
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
253
49.7% of votes cast
946
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
256
50.3% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

92
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
Appearances
89
+0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 650
156
+1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
Contributions
217
+62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,568
all imported IPSA years
£203,620
10% below average
Latest expenses
£223,568
1% below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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

Brexit / EU
189 of 189 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
86 of 90 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
Education
49 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
#4
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
#5
Migration
12 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API