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Brian Mathew vs Dr Caroline Johnson

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Dr Caroline Johnson voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

228 same votes 51 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
20 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
20 Aye 35 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 23 shared votes
3 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 17 No
Education 95% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 649
Participation
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 138 of 649
388
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,836
2,216 eligible divisions
196
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
896
48.8% of votes cast
192
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
940
51.2% of votes cast
13
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 9 months
Since 8 Dec 2016

Debates

81
-1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
Appearances
140
+57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
91
-51.9 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Contributions
400
+257.1 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,451,695
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£229,187
1% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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

#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
154 of 164 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 89 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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