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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 316 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 313 different votes 316 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 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
32 Aye 43 No
20 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
32 Aye 43 No
20 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

89.4 %
17 % above average
Rank 24 of 649
Participation
85.3 %
13 % above average
Rank 91 of 649
514
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,796
2,106 eligible divisions
275
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
865
48.2 % of votes cast
239
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
931
51.8 % of votes cast
2
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

3
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 650
Appearances
76
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 650
8
-130.3 vs Commons average
Rank 619 of 650
Contributions
132
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650

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
4
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 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 40 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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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