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Josh MacAlister vs Victoria Atkins

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 Victoria Atkins
Victoria Atkins
Con Louth and Horncastle

Voting alignment

Josh MacAlister and Victoria Atkins voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 264 different votes 269 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 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
51 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
32 Aye 51 No
22 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
32 Aye 51 No
22 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 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
82.2 %
9 % above average
Rank 167 of 648
451
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,901
2,312 eligible divisions
229
50.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
920
48.4 % of votes cast
222
49.2 % of votes cast
No votes
981
51.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

50
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 648
Appearances
12
-48.4 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 648
131
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 648
Contributions
20
-88.9 vs Commons average
Rank 591 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
£1,703,387
all imported IPSA years
£223,568
1 % below average
Latest expenses
£241,610
7 % above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 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
204 of 211 votes
Defence
22 of 22 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Migration
159 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Energy
61 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 23 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 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
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
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 its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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