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Jim Allister vs Alan Gemmell

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

Photograph of Jim Allister
Jim Allister
TUV North Antrim
vs
Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire

Voting alignment

Jim Allister and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 302 different votes 342 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
6 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 40% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 5 No
Migration 40% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 26% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 430 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 649
411
587 eligible divisions
Total votes
468
587 eligible divisions
203
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
52.1% of votes cast
208
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

194
+113.3 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 649
Appearances
56
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 649
252
+111.4 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649
Contributions
64
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£209,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£209,116
8% below average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Victims and Courts Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 27 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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