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Andrew Pakes vs Ruth Cadbury

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Pakes and Ruth Cadbury voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 359 shared comparable votes.

351 same votes 8 different votes 359 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
30 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
30 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
30 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

70.6%
2% below average
Rank 406 of 650
Participation
75.1%
3% above average
Rank 304 of 650
449
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,818
2,422 eligible divisions
214
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,011
55.6% of votes cast
235
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
807
44.4% of votes cast
13
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

87
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 650
Appearances
69
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 379 of 650
105
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650
Contributions
87
-79.5 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£183,832
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
£183,832
19% below average
Latest expenses
£293,505
30% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
181 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Transport
81 of 98 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#3
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#5
Education
78 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API