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Charlie Dewhirst vs Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

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

Photograph of Charlie Dewhirst
Charlie Dewhirst
Con Bridlington and The Wolds
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Photograph of Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Lab Erith and Thamesmead

Voting alignment

Charlie Dewhirst and Ms Abena Oppong-Asare voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 305 different votes 325 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 14% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
31 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
49 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
49 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 506 of 649
Participation
76.2%
4% above average
Rank 281 of 649
388
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,264
1,658 eligible divisions
169
43.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
670
53.0% of votes cast
219
56.4% of votes cast
No votes
594
47.0% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

94
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Appearances
19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 649
112
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 649
Contributions
22
-121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£184,765
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
£184,765
18% below average
Latest expenses
£288,312
27% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Education
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
139 of 154 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
Education
40 of 50 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
No
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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