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David Burton-Sampson vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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

Photograph of David Burton-Sampson
David Burton-Sampson
Lab Southend West and Leigh
vs
Photograph of Sir Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock

Voting alignment

David Burton-Sampson and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 227 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 224 different votes 227 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
11 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
38 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
20 Aye 38 No
24 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
20 Aye 38 No
24 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

87.0 %
14 % above average
Rank 61 of 649
Participation
66.1 %
7 % below average
Rank 500 of 649
500
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,561
2,361 eligible divisions
264
52.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
734
47.0 % of votes cast
236
47.2 % of votes cast
No votes
827
53.0 % of votes cast
3
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

51
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650
Appearances
8
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
54
-84.3 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
Contributions
13
-125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 614 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£191,962
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£191,962
15 % below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
0
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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