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Ms Julie Minns vs Aphra Brandreth

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

Photograph of Ms Julie Minns
Ms Julie Minns
Lab Carlisle
vs
Photograph of Aphra Brandreth
Aphra Brandreth
Con Chester South and Eddisbury

Voting alignment

Ms Julie Minns and Aphra Brandreth voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 346 different votes 348 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
17 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
43 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
35 Aye 43 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
35 Aye 43 No
27 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

86.4%
14% above average
Rank 60 of 650
Participation
65.9%
6% below average
Rank 501 of 650
535
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
408
619 eligible divisions
274
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
195
47.8% of votes cast
261
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
213
52.2% of votes cast
5
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

220
+131.2 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 650
Appearances
94
+5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
245
+90.4 vs Commons average
Rank 98 of 650
Contributions
113
-41.6 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£180,792
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£180,792
20% below average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Trade
8 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Defence
24 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Tax
80 of 114 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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