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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Chris Law

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 Chris Law
Chris Law
SNP Dundee Central

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Chris Law voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 965 shared comparable votes.

891 same votes 74 different votes 965 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
37 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 55 shared votes
37 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 9 No
Energy 78% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 16 No
Benefits 79% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
92 Aye 40 No
Tax 81% aligned 132 shared votes
91 Aye 41 No
21 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 81% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 46 shared votes
20 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

76.2 %
3 % above average
Rank 286 of 649
Participation
51.6 %
21 % below average
Rank 620 of 649
1,798
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,219
2,361 eligible divisions
1,003
55.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
672
55.1 % of votes cast
795
44.2 % of votes cast
No votes
547
44.9 % of votes cast
16
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

108
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 650
Appearances
58
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650
157
+18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 650
Contributions
67
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£345,624
53 % above average
14
4 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 7 12 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 12 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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