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Brian Mathew vs Sarah Russell

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Sarah Russell voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 268 different votes 315 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 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

65.3%
7% below average
Rank 510 of 649
Participation
82.1%
9% above average
Rank 157 of 649
379
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
580 eligible divisions
191
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
51.3% of votes cast
188
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
232
48.7% of votes cast
11
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

81
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 649
Appearances
90
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
91
-46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
Contributions
132
-5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 215 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
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£179,204
21% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

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