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Lauren Edwards vs Josh MacAlister

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

Photograph of Lauren Edwards
Lauren Edwards
Lab Rochester and Strood
vs
Photograph of Josh MacAlister
Josh MacAlister
Lab Whitehaven and Workington

Voting alignment

Lauren Edwards and Josh MacAlister voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 409 shared comparable votes.

409 same votes 0 different votes 409 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
49 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
49 Aye 39 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
49 Aye 39 No
25 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
25 Aye 27 No
26 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 86 of 650
Participation
83.3 %
11 % above average
Rank 136 of 650
483
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
469
563 eligible divisions
241
49.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
236
50.3 % of votes cast
242
50.1 % of votes cast
No votes
233
49.7 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

45
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 425 of 650
Appearances
70
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
61
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Contributions
205
+80.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£133,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,568
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41 % below average
Latest expenses
£223,568
1 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Education
49 of 49 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 61 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API