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Josh MacAlister vs Matt Vickers

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
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Photograph of Matt Vickers
Matt Vickers
Con Stockton West

Voting alignment

Josh MacAlister and Matt Vickers voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 346 different votes 354 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 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
52 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
35 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
35 Aye 52 No
20 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

82.3%
10% above average
Rank 146 of 650
Participation
78.5%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 650
516
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,330
1,695 eligible divisions
260
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
638
48.0% of votes cast
256
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
692
52.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

85
-9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
Appearances
125
+30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 650
214
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 154 of 650
Contributions
264
+99.5 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£223,568
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,218,799
all imported IPSA years
£223,568
1% below average
Latest expenses
£295,321
31% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
57 of 64 votes
Education
49 of 50 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 41 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Trade
48 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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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