ABSTRACT In this paper, we introduce a consistent projection finite element method for the impressible MHD (MagnetoHydroDynamics) equations. It's a fully discrete projection method, which associates the virtues of both the gauge and Uzawa methods with a variational framework. We also testify the unconditional stability and error estimates of the velocity, pressure and magnetic field by the variational method using some assumptions. Finally, we present some numerical experiments to support the validity of the consistent projection finite element method.