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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Alex Burghart

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

Photograph of Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Chi Onwurah
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
vs
Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Alex Burghart voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,420 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,344 different votes 1,420 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
97 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 161 shared votes
64 Aye 97 No
20 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 101 No
Migration 3% aligned 135 shared votes
97 Aye 38 No
20 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 10 No
Education 3% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 67 shared votes
31 Aye 36 No
41 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
21 Aye 41 No
26 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
Participation
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
807
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
Appearances
80
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 649
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Contributions
132
-11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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