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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Saqib Bhatti

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

Photograph of Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Lab Mitcham and Morden
vs
Photograph of Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 642 shared comparable votes.

26 same votes 616 different votes 642 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
20 Aye 38 No
Migration 7% aligned 58 shared votes
34 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
50 Aye 44 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 94 shared votes
43 Aye 51 No
54 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
26 Aye 54 No
18 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
26 Aye 54 No
18 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

55.1 %
18 % below average
Rank 608 of 648
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 174 of 648
1,273
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,305
1,594 eligible divisions
734
57.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
643
49.3 % of votes cast
539
42.3 % of votes cast
No votes
662
50.7 % of votes cast
19
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

27
-33.4 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 648
Appearances
62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 648
27
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 648
Contributions
86
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29 % above average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
147 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Education
63 of 95 votes
#2
Trade
47 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 152 votes
Trade
57 of 88 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Transport
56 of 87 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
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 Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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