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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 73% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

226 same votes 84 different votes 310 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
14 Aye 7 No
Trade 90% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 6 No
Transport 86% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Energy 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 15 No
Migration 32% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 59% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 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
43.3 %
30 % below average
Rank 631 of 648
1,367
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,000
2,312 eligible divisions
662
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
451
45.1 % of votes cast
705
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
549
54.9 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

1
-58.9 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 648
Appearances
21
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 648
1
-106.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 648
Contributions
23
-84.9 vs Commons average
Rank 573 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
£1,536,845
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£166,813
26 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
14
4 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 211 votes
Defence
57 of 58 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 65 votes
#3
Trade
59 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#4
Transport
52 of 87 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
20 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 50: Inheritance tax (limiting agricultural and business property reliefs etc) 2 Dec 2025
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 28: Capital gains tax (employee-ownership trusts) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 9: Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2028-29 to 2030-31 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 5: Income tax (savings rate for future years) 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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