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Christian Wakeford vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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
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Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 43% of the time, based on 804 shared comparable votes.

348 same votes 456 different votes 804 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
10 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 89% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 14 No
Brexit / EU 77% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 12 No
Trade 69% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 9 No
Benefits 65% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 5 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
4 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 11 No
Energy 24% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 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
66.1 %
7 % below average
Rank 500 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,561
2,361 eligible divisions
680
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
734
47.0 % of votes cast
734
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
827
53.0 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

1
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 649
Appearances
8
-69.6 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
1
-136.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 649
Contributions
13
-124.9 vs Commons average
Rank 613 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
173 of 211 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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