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Christian Wakeford vs Steve Race

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 Steve Race
Steve Race
Lab Exeter

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Steve Race voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 478 shared comparable votes.

478 same votes 0 different votes 478 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
40 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
40 Aye 31 No
31 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
32 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
32 Aye 9 No
28 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
40 Aye 31 No
31 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
32 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
32 Aye 9 No
28 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

86.5%
14% above average
Rank 63 of 650
Participation
84.6%
12% above average
Rank 100 of 650
1,470
1,699 eligible divisions
Total votes
534
631 eligible divisions
704
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
281
52.6% of votes cast
766
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
253
47.4% of votes cast
9
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1
-93.4 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 650
Appearances
106
+11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
1
-163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 650
Contributions
122
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 321 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
£194,803
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48% above average
Latest expenses
£194,803
14% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
66 of 70 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API