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Christian Wakeford vs Shivani Raja

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 Shivani Raja
Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Shivani Raja voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 309 different votes 316 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
2 Aye 8 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
34 Aye 22 No
Tax 2% aligned 56 shared votes
21 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 73 of 649
Participation
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
1,429
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
684
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
745
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1
-82.7 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 649
Appearances
16
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 649
1
-144.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
Contributions
18
-127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 612 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
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48% above average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
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
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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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