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Christian Wakeford vs Rishi Sunak

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 Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak
Con Richmond and Northallerton

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Rishi Sunak voted the same way 72% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

226 same votes 89 different votes 315 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
11 Aye 14 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 3 No
Housing 100% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 6 No
Transport 86% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 7 No
Trade 83% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Energy 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 16 No
Migration 30% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 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
42.6 %
30 % below average
Rank 632 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,005
2,361 eligible divisions
680
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
454
45.2 % of votes cast
734
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
551
54.8 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

1
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 650
Appearances
37
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 650
1
-137.3 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 650
Contributions
46
-92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 511 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
£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£166,813
26 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
15
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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 211 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
61 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Transport
52 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
20 of 48 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
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition Day: Rural communities 7 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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
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