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Sarah Russell vs Mike Martin

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Mike Martin voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 241 different votes 306 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
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 2 No
Energy 70% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
25 Aye 16 No
Education 2% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
34 Aye 21 No
Tax 5% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 11% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

82.5%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
Participation
58.3%
14% below average
Rank 587 of 650
491
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
347
595 eligible divisions
249
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
55.9% of votes cast
242
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
153
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

103
+17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 650
Appearances
116
+30.8 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 650
153
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 650
Contributions
152
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£164,314
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21% below average
Latest expenses
£164,314
27% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
41
5 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

#1
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Education
42 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
5 of 5 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Education
49 of 50 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API