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Josh MacAlister vs Julia Lopez

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 Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster

Voting alignment

Josh MacAlister and Julia Lopez voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 327 different votes 332 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 8 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
56 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
35 Aye 56 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
35 Aye 56 No
23 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 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

85.7 %
13 % above average
Rank 96 of 648
Participation
83.6 %
10 % above average
Rank 139 of 648
451
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,057 eligible divisions
229
50.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
821
47.7 % of votes cast
222
49.2 % of votes cast
No votes
899
52.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

50
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 648
Appearances
29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 648
131
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 648
Contributions
37
-71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£223,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£223,568
1 % below average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
Defence
22 of 22 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 161 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
76 of 84 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 23 votes
#5
Tax
249 of 284 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
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