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David Davis vs Ruth Jones

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

Photograph of David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington
vs
Photograph of Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

David Davis and Ruth Jones voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 830 shared comparable votes.

79 same votes 751 different votes 830 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
15 Aye 20 No
Trade 23% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
66 Aye 36 No
Migration 18% aligned 102 shared votes
24 Aye 78 No
37 Aye 35 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 72 shared votes
34 Aye 38 No
11 Aye 23 No
Benefits 12% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 15 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 18 shared votes
17 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
12 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 11 No
Energy 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
Participation
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
720
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
819
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
93
6.0% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008
Commons service
7 years, 5 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Contributions
78
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£277,187
23% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
198 of 211 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Defence
53 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill: Re-committal motion 29 Nov 2023
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
Aye
No
Illegal Migration Bill: Government Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 31, 35 & 36 11 Jul 2023
Migration
No
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