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Matt Bishop vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 151 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 149 different votes 151 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
8 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
31 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 1 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 1 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

53.2 %
19 % below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
66.1 %
7 % below average
Rank 500 of 649
306
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,561
2,361 eligible divisions
142
46.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
734
47.0 % of votes cast
164
53.6 % of votes cast
No votes
827
53.0 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

32
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Appearances
8
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
43
-95.3 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 650
Contributions
13
-125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30 % below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17 % above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 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 111 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Benefits
19 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API