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Matt Bishop vs Carla Lockhart

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 163 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 146 different votes 163 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
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 36% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 6 No
Housing 33% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 13% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 1 No
Education 11% aligned 9 shared votes
0 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
12 Aye 35 No
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
45.5%
27% below average
Rank 628 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
755
1,658 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
389
51.5% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
366
48.5% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

34
-47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 528 of 649
Appearances
174
+92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
45
-97.3 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 649
Contributions
196
+53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£258,626
14% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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

Tax
77 of 112 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
41 of 50 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
100 of 174 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
24 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API