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Christian Wakeford vs Jade Botterill

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 Jade Botterill
Jade Botterill
Lab Ossett and Denby Dale

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Jade Botterill voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

345 same votes 0 different votes 345 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
41 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
41 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
41 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 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
81.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 167 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
575 eligible divisions
680
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
244
51.9 % of votes cast
734
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
226
48.1 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Appearances
3
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 649
1
-138.3 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
Contributions
3
-136.3 vs Commons average
Rank 631 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
£222,024
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£222,024
2 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 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
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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