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Alicia Kearns vs Chris Ward

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

Photograph of Alicia Kearns
Alicia Kearns
Con Rutland and Stamford
vs
Photograph of Chris Ward
Chris Ward
Lab Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Voting alignment

Alicia Kearns and Chris Ward voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 239 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 229 different votes 239 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

69.9%
3% below average
Rank 433 of 649
Participation
72.2%
same as average
Rank 376 of 649
1,159
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
575
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
222
52.1% of votes cast
584
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
204
47.9% of votes cast
27
2.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

132
+48.4 vs Commons average
Rank 96 of 650
Appearances
63
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 650
188
+42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 650
Contributions
242
+96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,417,308
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£320,176
42% above average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10% below average
12
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 44 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Crime / Justice
143 of 174 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Housing
44 of 54 votes
#5
Transport
27 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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