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Ben Maguire vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Ben Maguire and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 237 different votes 279 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
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 33% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 15 No
Housing 26% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 13 No
Education 4% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 18 shared votes
18 Aye 0 No
27 Aye 29 No
Tax 7% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 9% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

60.3%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 649
Participation
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 649
356
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
590 eligible divisions
194
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
50.8% of votes cast
162
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
227
49.2% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
114
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£178,125
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£178,125
21% below average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
6
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
5
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API