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Christian Wakeford vs Mrs Kemi Badenoch

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 Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Mrs Kemi Badenoch voted the same way 50% of the time, based on 790 shared comparable votes.

396 same votes 394 different votes 790 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
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 87% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 11 No
Trade 69% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 13 No
Transport 69% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 17 No
Defence 66% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
0 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
17 Aye 4 No
Education 10% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 90 of 648
Participation
68.0 %
5 % below average
Rank 476 of 648
1,367
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,399
2,057 eligible divisions
662
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
693
49.5 % of votes cast
705
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
706
50.5 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

1
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 648
Appearances
50
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 648
1
-106.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 648
Contributions
208
+100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£278,687
23 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
167 of 188 votes
Defence
57 of 58 votes
#2
Trade
70 of 84 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 65 votes
#3
Migration
133 of 161 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
35 of 43 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) 22 Jun 2022
Aye
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