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Claire Young vs Michelle Welsh

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


Voting alignment

Claire Young and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 279 different votes 353 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
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 78% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 50% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 7 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 24 No
Education 3% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 47 No
Tax 4% aligned 72 shared votes
50 Aye 22 No
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

73.4%
1% above average
Rank 349 of 650
Participation
82.9%
10% above average
Rank 137 of 650
437
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
493
595 eligible divisions
234
53.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
250
50.7% of votes cast
203
46.5% of votes cast
No votes
243
49.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

146
+60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Appearances
58
-27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
171
+22.4 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 650
Contributions
70
-78.6 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£203,164
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£203,164
10% below average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Education
43 of 50 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
5 of 5 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API