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Mark Ferguson vs Alex Burghart

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

Photograph of Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson
Lab Gateshead Central and Whickham
vs
Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Mark Ferguson and Alex Burghart voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 297 different votes 300 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
43 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
30 Aye 43 No
20 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
30 Aye 43 No
20 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

92.2 %
19 % above average
Rank 14 of 647
Participation
85.5 %
12 % above average
Rank 102 of 647
485
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,758
2,057 eligible divisions
260
53.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
844
48.0 % of votes cast
225
46.4 % of votes cast
No votes
914
52.0 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

19
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 647
Appearances
58
-2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 647
28
-81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 647
Contributions
103
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£191,951
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£191,951
15 % below average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10 % below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
49 of 49 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Migration
154 of 161 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 23 votes
#4
Defence
55 of 59 votes
Transport
21 of 21 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 40 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions 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 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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