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Emma Hardy vs Michelle Welsh

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


Voting alignment

Emma Hardy and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

326 same votes 9 different votes 335 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
44 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
44 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 67 shared votes
44 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
16 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

70.1%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 650
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 650
1,519
2,167 eligible divisions
Total votes
523
636 eligible divisions
818
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
50.5% of votes cast
701
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
259
49.5% of votes cast
10
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650
Appearances
65
-32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 406 of 650
427
+257.8 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 650
Contributions
78
-91.2 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£312,134
38% above average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
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

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
161 of 189 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API