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Shabana Mahmood vs Chris Law

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 Chris Law
Chris Law
SNP Dundee Central

Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Chris Law voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 787 shared comparable votes.

733 same votes 54 different votes 787 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
15 Aye 67 No
Migration 100% aligned 82 shared votes
15 Aye 67 No
32 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 5 No
Energy 69% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 10 No
Benefits 72% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
76 Aye 29 No
Tax 81% aligned 105 shared votes
68 Aye 37 No
14 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 92% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

54.1 %
19 % below average
Rank 610 of 647
Participation
52.3 %
21 % below average
Rank 616 of 647
1,257
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,214
2,323 eligible divisions
725
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
671
55.3 % of votes cast
532
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
543
44.7 % of votes cast
12
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

48
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 647
Appearances
59
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 647
640
+526.2 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 647
Contributions
69
-44.8 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£345,624
53 % above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
4
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
Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Trade
58 of 88 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Environment / Climate
29 of 45 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
No
No
Opposition Day: China spying case 28 Oct 2025
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 4 Sep 2025
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 4 Sep 2025
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading 10 Feb 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Movement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 11 Dec 2024
Aye
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Third Reading 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 20 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: Amendment 25 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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