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Matt Bishop vs Jim Allister

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Jim Allister voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 214 different votes 241 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
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 9 No
Housing 27% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 9 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 0 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 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
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 431 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
590 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
203
49.2% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
210
50.8% of votes cast
1
0.3% 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

34
-47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 528 of 649
Appearances
194
+112.3 vs Commons average
Rank 22 of 649
45
-97.3 vs Commons average
Rank 525 of 649
Contributions
252
+109.7 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8% below average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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

Tax
77 of 112 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#3
Education
42 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#4
Tax
90 of 112 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

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