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Christian Wakeford vs Gregory Stafford

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 318 different votes 326 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
38 Aye 31 No
Tax 3% aligned 69 shared votes
29 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
437
575 eligible divisions
680
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
202
46.2 % of votes cast
734
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
235
53.8 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 650
Appearances
143
+65.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
1
-137.3 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 650
Contributions
281
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Tax
100 of 111 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
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
Motion to sit in private 4 Jul 2025
Tax
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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