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Caroline Voaden vs Stephen Doughty

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

Photograph of Caroline Voaden
Caroline Voaden
LD South Devon
vs
Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth

Voting alignment

Caroline Voaden and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 189 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 159 different votes 189 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
5 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Housing 56% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Education 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 40 shared votes
24 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 9% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

69.0%
4% below average
Rank 453 of 649
Participation
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 487 of 649
400
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,577
2,366 eligible divisions
200
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
905
57.4% of votes cast
200
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
672
42.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

160
+81.3 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 649
Appearances
81
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
199
+61.9 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 649
Contributions
376
+238.9 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£193,283
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£193,283
15% below average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API