Compare

Matt Bishop vs Saqib Bhatti

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 216 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 214 different votes 216 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 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
42 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
26 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
26 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
1 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

57.0 %
16 % below average
Rank 598 of 648
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 174 of 648
300
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,305
1,594 eligible divisions
139
46.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
643
49.3 % of votes cast
161
53.7 % of votes cast
No votes
662
50.7 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

30
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 497 of 648
Appearances
63
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 648
37
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 648
Contributions
87
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30 % below average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20 % above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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

Defence
18 of 22 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Energy
13 of 17 votes
#2
Trade
47 of 50 votes
Trade
3 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 152 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Tax
77 of 108 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API