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Jo Platt vs Alex Burghart

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

Photograph of Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton
vs
Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Jo Platt and Alex Burghart voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 677 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 653 different votes 677 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 9 No
Migration 13% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
74 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 10% aligned 113 shared votes
40 Aye 73 No
13 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
31 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 6 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
74 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 122 shared votes
48 Aye 74 No
22 Aye 17 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 13 No
Trade 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 649
Participation
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
459
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
231
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
228
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

33
-50.6 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 650
Appearances
82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
54
-91.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 650
Contributions
136
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£766,743
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£208,190
8% below average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
4 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Jan 2026
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
Motion under section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019 9 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
Motion to agree to Lords Amendment 5 to the EU (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill 8 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
No
Amendment (a) to Lords Amendment 5 to the EU (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill 8 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
Motion to agree to Lords Amendments 2 and 3 to the EU (Withdrawal) (No. 5) Bill 8 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Amdt 1 - Main 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee NC4 - Cash 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API