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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Charlie Dewhirst

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 Charlie Dewhirst
Charlie Dewhirst
Con Bridlington and The Wolds

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Charlie Dewhirst voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 280 different votes 301 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 8 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 52 shared votes
23 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 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
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 506 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
388
590 eligible divisions
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
169
43.6% of votes cast
807
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
219
56.4% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

109
+27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
Appearances
92
+10.2 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 649
158
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Contributions
110
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 302 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
£184,765
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£184,765
18% 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Tax
95 of 112 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
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