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Brian Mathew vs Richard Burgon

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Richard Burgon voted the same way 28% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

91 same votes 231 different votes 322 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
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 57% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 6 No
Housing 53% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 14 No
Benefits 43% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
34 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 17% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 3 No
Transport 17% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 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
80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
388
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
196
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
192
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
861
45.2% of votes cast
13
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
45
2.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 650
Appearances
85
+1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
92
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650
Contributions
97
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£301,574
33% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes

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