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Christian Wakeford vs Leigh Ingham

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 Leigh Ingham
Leigh Ingham
Lab Stafford

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Leigh Ingham voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

359 same votes 2 different votes 361 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
29 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
29 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

86.5%
14% above average
Rank 63 of 650
Participation
63.5%
9% below average
Rank 533 of 650
1,470
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
401
631 eligible divisions
704
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
199
49.6% of votes cast
766
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
202
50.4% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1
-93.5 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 650
Appearances
117
+22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 650
1
-163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 650
Contributions
143
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 263 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
£240,870
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48% above average
Latest expenses
£240,870
6% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 70 votes
#3
Housing
30 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
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