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Rachel Hopkins vs Josh MacAlister

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

Photograph of Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire
vs
Photograph of Josh MacAlister
Josh MacAlister
Lab Whitehaven and Workington

Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Josh MacAlister voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 445 shared comparable votes.

445 same votes 0 different votes 445 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
57 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
57 Aye 37 No
26 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
57 Aye 37 No
26 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

84.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 119 of 647
Participation
85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 91 of 647
1,349
1,597 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
529 eligible divisions
724
53.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
229
50.4 % of votes cast
625
46.3 % of votes cast
No votes
225
49.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 647
Appearances
51
-10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 647
92
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 647
Contributions
158
+47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£223,568
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£223,568
1 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 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

Housing
52 of 53 votes
#1
Education
49 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#2
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Education
64 of 68 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
141 of 152 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 23 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API