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Ms Julie Minns vs Matt Bishop

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 Matt Bishop
Matt Bishop
Lab Forest of Dean

Voting alignment

Ms Julie Minns and Matt Bishop voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

287 same votes 3 different votes 290 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
53 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
53 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
53 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

86.7%
14% above average
Rank 59 of 650
Participation
53.9%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 650
547
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
340
631 eligible divisions
283
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
162
47.6% of votes cast
264
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
178
52.4% of votes cast
5
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

248
+153.5 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
Appearances
35
-59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
276
+111.4 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 650
Contributions
46
-118.6 vs Commons average
Rank 545 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
£157,583
all imported IPSA years
£180,792
20% below average
Latest expenses
£157,583
30% below average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
2
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Tax
85 of 121 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#3
Trade
7 of 10 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Energy
13 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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