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Christian Wakeford vs Helen Grant

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 Helen Grant
Helen Grant
Con Maidstone and Malling

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Helen Grant voted the same way 44% of the time, based on 896 shared comparable votes.

390 same votes 506 different votes 896 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
28 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 84% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 75% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 12 No
Transport 69% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 13 No
Trade 67% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 12 No
Education 3% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 3% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 3% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 20% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 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
73.8 %
1 % above average
Rank 338 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,742
2,361 eligible divisions
680
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
821
47.1 % of votes cast
734
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
921
52.9 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

1
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Appearances
17
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
1
-136.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
Contributions
29
-108.9 vs Commons average
Rank 569 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
12
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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