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Christian Wakeford vs Lewis Cocking

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 Lewis Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Lewis Cocking voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 385 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 380 different votes 385 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
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
26 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
40 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
30 Aye 40 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
30 Aye 40 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 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
77.9 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
448
575 eligible divisions
680
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
204
45.5 % of votes cast
734
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
244
54.5 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1
-77.0 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Appearances
104
+26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
1
-137.4 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
Contributions
154
+15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 174 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
£181,438
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£181,438
20 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 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
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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
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
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