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Shabana Mahmood vs Aphra Brandreth

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

Photograph of Shabana Mahmood
Shabana Mahmood
Lab Birmingham Ladywood
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Photograph of Aphra Brandreth
Aphra Brandreth
Con Chester South and Eddisbury

Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Aphra Brandreth voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 98 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 95 different votes 98 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 4 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 8 No
Tax 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 8 No
Tax 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

53.6 %
19 % below average
Rank 612 of 649
Participation
65.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 506 of 649
1,266
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
378
575 eligible divisions
729
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
177
46.8 % of votes cast
537
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
201
53.2 % of votes cast
12
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
838
+699.7 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 650
Contributions
90
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
5 registered categories
5
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#5
Tax
79 of 111 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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