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Andrew Pakes vs Chris Law

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Pakes and Chris Law voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 114 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 68 different votes 114 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
18 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 77% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 2 No
Migration 50% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 38% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 2 No
Energy 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 18 No
Tax 10% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
1 Aye 2 No
Energy 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 38% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 2 No
Migration 50% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

71.2%
1% below average
Rank 403 of 649
Participation
51.5%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 649
420
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,223
2,376 eligible divisions
201
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
674
55.1% of votes cast
219
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
549
44.9% of votes cast
13
3.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 649
Appearances
57
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 649
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
Contributions
64
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£183,832
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
£183,832
19% below average
Latest expenses
£345,624
53% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 registered categories
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Transport
25 of 29 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API