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Ed Davey vs Tom Rutland

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


Voting alignment

Ed Davey and Tom Rutland voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 221 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 188 different votes 221 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 4 No
Defence 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 20% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 29 No
Tax 6% aligned 53 shared votes
32 Aye 21 No
2 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 9% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 5 No
Benefits 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

53.7%
18% below average
Rank 598 of 649
Participation
81.8%
10% above average
Rank 161 of 649
1,271
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
582 eligible divisions
713
56.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
49.2% of votes cast
558
43.9% of votes cast
No votes
242
50.8% of votes cast
6
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

65
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 649
Appearances
55
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
107
-32.4 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 649
Contributions
69
-70.4 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£224,741
all imported IPSA years
£294,578
30% above average
Latest expenses
£224,741
1% below average
12
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
11
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
170 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
113 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
36 of 56 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
43 of 69 votes
#5
Transport
27 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API