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Keir Mather vs Carla Lockhart

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

Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby
vs
Photograph of Carla Lockhart
Carla Lockhart
DUP Upper Bann

Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 242 shared comparable votes.

29 same votes 213 different votes 242 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 1 No
Trade 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 42% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
17 Aye 31 No
3 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
13 Aye 1 No
Energy 7% aligned 14 shared votes
2 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
45.5%
27% below average
Rank 629 of 649
600
794 eligible divisions
Total votes
753
1,656 eligible divisions
292
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
389
51.7% of votes cast
308
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
364
48.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
3 years, 1 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

106
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
Appearances
173
+91.3 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
533
+390.8 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 649
Contributions
195
+52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35% above average
Latest expenses
£258,626
14% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 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
50 of 52 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
41 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
Transport
31 of 33 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
38 of 55 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
100 of 174 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
24 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API