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Dr Rupa Huq vs Sarah Coombes

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

Photograph of Dr Rupa Huq
Dr Rupa Huq
Lab Ealing Central and Acton
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Photograph of Sarah Coombes
Sarah Coombes
Lab West Bromwich

Voting alignment

Dr Rupa Huq and Sarah Coombes voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 397 shared comparable votes.

388 same votes 9 different votes 397 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
27 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
27 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
27 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 650
Participation
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 168 of 650
1,779
2,421 eligible divisions
Total votes
516
635 eligible divisions
972
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
259
50.2% of votes cast
807
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
257
49.8% of votes cast
15
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

75
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 650
Appearances
69
-27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
76
-91.2 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 650
Contributions
86
-81.2 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,593,926
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£164,149
all imported IPSA years
£234,745
4% above average
Latest expenses
£164,149
27% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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

Defence
63 of 71 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#3
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 80 votes
#4
Education
45 of 50 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API