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Josh MacAlister vs Alex Burghart

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

Photograph of Josh MacAlister
Josh MacAlister
Lab Whitehaven and Workington
vs
Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Josh MacAlister and Alex Burghart voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 324 different votes 328 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
44 Aye 34 No
Tax 1% aligned 78 shared votes
33 Aye 45 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

82.0%
9% above average
Rank 158 of 649
Participation
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
484
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
243
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
241
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
231
+85.1 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
Contributions
136
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£223,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£223,568
1% below average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Education
49 of 50 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
Migration
12 of 13 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
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
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 Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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