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Aphra Brandreth vs Douglas McAllister

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

Photograph of Aphra Brandreth
Aphra Brandreth
Con Chester South and Eddisbury
vs
Photograph of Douglas McAllister
Douglas McAllister
Lab West Dunbartonshire

Voting alignment

Aphra Brandreth and Douglas McAllister voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 327 different votes 335 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 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
8 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
39 Aye 28 No
8 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

65.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 506 of 649
Participation
88.2 %
15 % above average
Rank 46 of 649
378
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
575 eligible divisions
177
46.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
255
50.3 % of votes cast
201
53.2 % of votes cast
No votes
252
49.7 % of votes cast
13
3.4 % of votes cast
Against party
15
3.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
Appearances
108
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
90
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 650
Contributions
129
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£250,031
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£142,257
all imported IPSA years
£250,031
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£142,257
37 % below average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
2
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Trade
5 of 7 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Tax
79 of 111 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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