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Shabana Mahmood vs Carla Lockhart

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
vs
Photograph of Carla Lockhart
Carla Lockhart
DUP Upper Bann

Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 36% of the time, based on 419 shared comparable votes.

149 same votes 270 different votes 419 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
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 75% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 15 No
Transport 55% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 14 No
Trade 50% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 9 No
Benefits 47% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 47% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 12 No
Tax 19% aligned 53 shared votes
18 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 1 No
Energy 21% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 19 No
Brexit / EU 22% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 7 No
Housing 27% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 1 No
Education 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 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
45.4 %
27 % below average
Rank 629 of 649
1,266
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
746
1,643 eligible divisions
729
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
383
51.3 % of votes cast
537
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
363
48.7 % of votes cast
12
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

73
-5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 649
Appearances
167
+89.0 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
838
+699.5 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 649
Contributions
189
+50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£258,626
14 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
5
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
41 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
38 of 55 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
100 of 174 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
24 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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