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Brian Mathew vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 178 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 154 different votes 178 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
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 4 No
Housing 25% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 5 No
Defence 15% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 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
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
388
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
196
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
121
43.7% of votes cast
192
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
156
56.3% of votes cast
13
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
Appearances
51
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
92
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
Contributions
224
+78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 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
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Tax
63 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

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