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Brian Mathew vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 180 shared comparable votes.

145 same votes 35 different votes 180 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
12 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
1 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 20 shared votes
1 Aye 19 No
2 Aye 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 93% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 6 No
Housing 57% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 71% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

64.1%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 650
Participation
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 506 of 650
402
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,413 eligible divisions
202
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
747
47.1% of votes cast
200
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
840
52.9% of votes cast
13
3.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

87
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
Appearances
14
-79.6 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 650
96
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 650
Contributions
18
-144.9 vs Commons average
Rank 615 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
3 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
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 94 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 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