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Lewis Cocking vs Josh MacAlister

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

Photograph of Lewis Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne
vs
Photograph of Josh MacAlister
Josh MacAlister
Lab Whitehaven and Workington

Voting alignment

Lewis Cocking and Josh MacAlister voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 382 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 373 different votes 382 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 9 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
34 Aye 52 No
Tax 1% aligned 86 shared votes
51 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 249 of 649
Participation
82.1%
9% above average
Rank 157 of 649
456
586 eligible divisions
Total votes
481
586 eligible divisions
210
46.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
240
49.9% of votes cast
246
53.9% of votes cast
No votes
241
50.1% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+27.8 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Appearances
78
-2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 649
160
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 649
Contributions
213
+73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£181,438
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,568
all imported IPSA years
£181,438
20% below average
Latest expenses
£223,568
1% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#3
Education
49 of 50 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Migration
12 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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