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Mark Ferguson vs Joy Morrissey

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 Joy Morrissey
Joy Morrissey
Con Beaconsfield

Voting alignment

Mark Ferguson and Joy Morrissey voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 286 different votes 291 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
11 Aye 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
47 Aye 33 No
Tax 1% aligned 80 shared votes
32 Aye 48 No
28 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

89.3%
17% above average
Rank 24 of 649
Participation
80.9%
8% above average
Rank 183 of 649
527
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,341
1,658 eligible divisions
279
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
661
49.3% of votes cast
248
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
680
50.7% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

5
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 649
Appearances
70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 649
13
-130.5 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
Contributions
99
-44.5 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£191,951
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,341,892
all imported IPSA years
£191,951
15% below average
Latest expenses
£297,942
32% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Trade
51 of 53 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 28 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API