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Claire Hughes vs Tom Rutland

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 Tom Rutland
Tom Rutland
Lab East Worthing and Shoreham

Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Tom Rutland voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 404 shared comparable votes.

404 same votes 0 different votes 404 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
59 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
59 Aye 39 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
59 Aye 39 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

90.1 %
17 % above average
Rank 26 of 647
Participation
83.6 %
11 % above average
Rank 135 of 647
484
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
537 eligible divisions
255
52.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
50.1 % of votes cast
229
47.3 % of votes cast
No votes
224
49.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

12
-51.6 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 647
Appearances
38
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 647
12
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 647
Contributions
52
-61.6 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£224,741
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£224,741
1 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 25 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 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
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
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