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Sojan Joseph vs Douglas McAllister

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 Douglas McAllister
Douglas McAllister
Lab West Dunbartonshire

Voting alignment

Sojan Joseph and Douglas McAllister voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 485 shared comparable votes.

484 same votes 1 different votes 485 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
56 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
56 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 56 shared votes
32 Aye 24 No
56 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
56 Aye 35 No
30 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

93.6 %
21 % above average
Rank 5 of 649
Participation
88.2 %
15 % above average
Rank 46 of 649
538
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
575 eligible divisions
274
50.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
255
50.3 % of votes cast
264
49.1 % of votes cast
No votes
252
49.7 % of votes cast
12
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
15
3.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

69
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Appearances
108
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
86
-52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Contributions
129
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 218 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
£142,257
all imported IPSA years
£158,669
30 % below average
Latest expenses
£142,257
37 % below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
59 of 62 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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