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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Gareth Snell

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 Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Gareth Snell voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 787 shared comparable votes.

769 same votes 18 different votes 787 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
52 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
52 Aye 45 No
38 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 68 shared votes
38 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 17 No
Transport 95% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
67 Aye 38 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 105 shared votes
66 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 97% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
52 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 97 shared votes
52 Aye 45 No
38 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 68 shared votes
38 Aye 30 No

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

Voting record

76.1%
4% above average
Rank 284 of 650
Participation
87.2%
15% above average
Rank 52 of 650
1,839
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
550
631 eligible divisions
1,017
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
271
49.3% of votes cast
822
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
279
50.7% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

122
+27.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650
Appearances
205
+110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
172
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 201 of 650
Contributions
316
+151.4 vs Commons average
Rank 74 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
£797,891
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£176,059
22% below average
16
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
80 of 82 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
No
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye rebel
Aye
Amendment (a) to the Business of the House motion 3 Apr 2019
Transport
No rebel
Aye
Business of the House motion 1 Apr 2019
Transport
No rebel
Aye
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Nick Boles's motion D (Common Market 2.0) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Joanna Cherry's motion G (Parliamentary Supremacy) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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