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Brian Mathew vs Linsey Farnsworth

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Linsey Farnsworth voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 292 different votes 340 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 30% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 15 No
Housing 26% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
37 Aye 28 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 24 No
Education 3% aligned 32 shared votes
25 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

65.5%
6% below average
Rank 497 of 649
Participation
87.3%
16% above average
Rank 54 of 649
381
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
508
582 eligible divisions
193
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
51.6% of votes cast
188
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
246
48.4% of votes cast
11
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Appearances
77
-2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 649
92
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Contributions
135
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 214 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
£216,552
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£216,552
4% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API