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Josh MacAlister vs Rebecca Paul

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 Rebecca Paul
Rebecca Paul
Con Reigate

Voting alignment

Josh MacAlister and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 313 different votes 320 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 4 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
39 Aye 30 No
Tax 1% aligned 69 shared votes
29 Aye 40 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

83.7 %
11 % above average
Rank 125 of 650
Participation
78.7 %
6 % above average
Rank 233 of 650
467
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
439
558 eligible divisions
234
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
196
44.6 % of votes cast
233
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
243
55.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
Appearances
84
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
203
+79.2 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
Contributions
128
+4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 195 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£223,568
1 % below average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45 % below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
#4
Defence
29 of 33 votes
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API