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Chris Bryant vs Rebecca Paul

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

Photograph of Chris Bryant
Chris Bryant
Lab Rhondda and Ogmore
vs
Photograph of Rebecca Paul
Rebecca Paul
Con Reigate

Voting alignment

Chris Bryant and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 178 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 174 different votes 178 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
4 Aye 2 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
33 Aye 18 No
Tax 4% aligned 51 shared votes
16 Aye 35 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 1 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

66.8 %
6 % below average
Rank 494 of 648
Participation
78.5 %
5 % above average
Rank 246 of 648
1,544
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
526 eligible divisions
886
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
178
43.1 % of votes cast
658
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
235
56.9 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

50
-10.4 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 648
Appearances
65
+4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 648
233
+124.1 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 648
Contributions
101
-7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,807,799
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£277,046
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45 % below average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Trade
72 of 88 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Defence
47 of 59 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 23 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 44 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
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
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
No
Motion to sit in private 6 Dec 2024
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API