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Sojan Joseph vs Aphra Brandreth

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

Photograph of Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford
vs
Photograph of Aphra Brandreth
Aphra Brandreth
Con Chester South and Eddisbury

Voting alignment

Sojan Joseph and Aphra Brandreth voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 344 different votes 352 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 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
43 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
35 Aye 43 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
35 Aye 43 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

93.5 %
21 % above average
Rank 6 of 650
Participation
65.9 %
7 % below average
Rank 504 of 650
522
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
368
558 eligible divisions
265
50.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
173
47.0 % of votes cast
257
49.2 % of votes cast
No votes
195
53.0 % of votes cast
12
2.3 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.5 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650
Appearances
69
+0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
70
-51.0 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 650
Contributions
78
-43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£158,669
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£158,669
30 % below average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 registered categories
0
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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
33 of 33 votes
#2
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
Transport
26 of 26 votes
#4
Tax
79 of 108 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Migration
8 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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 Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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