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Claire Hughes vs Steve Witherden

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 Steve Witherden
Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Steve Witherden voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 412 shared comparable votes.

410 same votes 2 different votes 412 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
51 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
51 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 89% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
51 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
51 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

90.4 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 650
Participation
80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 188 of 650
509
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
455
563 eligible divisions
264
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
238
52.3 % of votes cast
245
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
217
47.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

8
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 650
Appearances
57
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
8
-117.5 vs Commons average
Rank 623 of 650
Contributions
72
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API