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Claire Hughes vs David Burton-Sampson

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy
vs
Photograph of David Burton-Sampson
David Burton-Sampson
Lab Southend West and Leigh

Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 483 shared comparable votes.

480 same votes 3 different votes 483 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
60 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
60 Aye 43 No
28 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
60 Aye 43 No
28 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

90.2%
18% above average
Rank 18 of 650
Participation
87.6%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
559
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
543
620 eligible divisions
283
50.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
280
51.6% of votes cast
276
49.4% of votes cast
No votes
263
48.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

0
-90.0 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 650
Appearances
65
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 650
0
-156.6 vs Commons average
Rank 643 of 650
Contributions
68
-88.6 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20% below average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
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
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API