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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 800 shared comparable votes.

396 same votes 404 different votes 800 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
22 Aye 13 No
Transport 69% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 65% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 12 No
Benefits 64% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 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
8 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 4% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 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

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 649
Participation
67.0 %
6 % below average
Rank 482 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,410
2,106 eligible divisions
680
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
699
49.6 % of votes cast
734
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
711
50.4 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
9 years, 1 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

1
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Appearances
61
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
1
-136.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
Contributions
249
+111.1 vs Commons average
Rank 79 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
£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
17
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
69 of 70 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 87 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
134 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 59 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 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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