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Matthew Patrick vs Alex Burghart

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

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Matthew Patrick
Lab Wirral West
vs
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Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Matthew Patrick and Alex Burghart voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 320 different votes 331 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
31 Aye 46 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
31 Aye 46 No
19 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 188 of 649
Participation
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
475
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
231
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
244
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% of votes cast
9
1.9% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
Appearances
80
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 649
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
Contributions
132
-11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£174,976
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£174,976
23% below average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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 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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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