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Andy Slaughter vs David Burton-Sampson

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

Photograph of Andy Slaughter
Andy Slaughter
Lab Hammersmith and Chiswick
vs
Photograph of David Burton-Sampson
David Burton-Sampson
Lab Southend West and Leigh

Voting alignment

Andy Slaughter and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 493 shared comparable votes.

490 same votes 3 different votes 493 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
54 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
54 Aye 38 No
31 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
54 Aye 38 No
31 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

81.5%
9% above average
Rank 167 of 650
Participation
87.6%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
1,962
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
543
620 eligible divisions
1,086
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
280
51.6% of votes cast
876
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
263
48.4% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
Appearances
65
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 650
159
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 650
Contributions
68
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,905,788
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£285,386
26% above average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
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

Housing
65 of 67 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Defence
68 of 71 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
53 of 56 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
75 of 80 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Education
89 of 96 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API