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Dame Chi Onwurah vs Steve Race

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 Steve Race
Steve Race
Lab Exeter

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Steve Race voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 416 shared comparable votes.

404 same votes 12 different votes 416 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
28 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
29 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

76.0%
4% above average
Rank 284 of 650
Participation
84.4%
12% above average
Rank 103 of 650
1,841
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
537
636 eligible divisions
1,019
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
282
52.5% of votes cast
822
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
255
47.5% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

125
+28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 650
Appearances
104
+7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
175
+5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 202 of 650
Contributions
120
-49.2 vs Commons average
Rank 341 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
£194,803
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£194,803
14% below average
16
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 80 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Where they voted the same
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
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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