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Claire Hughes vs Saqib Bhatti

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 Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 337 different votes 340 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
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
49 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
31 Aye 49 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
31 Aye 49 No
23 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

89.7%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 649
520
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,341
1,648 eligible divisions
268
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
663
49.4% of votes cast
252
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
678
50.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

0
-78.7 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 649
Appearances
76
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
0
-137.1 vs Commons average
Rank 643 of 649
Contributions
103
-34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20% below average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
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
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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