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Brian Mathew vs Joani Reid

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

Photograph of Brian Mathew
Brian Mathew
LD Melksham and Devizes
vs
Photograph of Joani Reid
Joani Reid
Lab East Kilbride and Strathaven

Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Joani Reid voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 216 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 179 different votes 216 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
5 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Energy 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 31% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 29% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 14 No
Housing 27% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 5 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

65.5%
7% below average
Rank 509 of 649
Participation
58.5%
14% below average
Rank 585 of 649
379
579 eligible divisions
Total votes
339
579 eligible divisions
191
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
147
43.4% of votes cast
188
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
192
56.6% of votes cast
11
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

81
+2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
Appearances
10
-68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 649
91
-45.4 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Contributions
12
-124.4 vs Commons average
Rank 615 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
£199,569
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£199,569
12% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Housing
29 of 31 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#4
Tax
79 of 111 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Transport
20 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 19 Nov 2025
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Second Reading 16 Sept 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API