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Graeme Downie vs Claire Young

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

Photograph of Graeme Downie
Graeme Downie
Lab Dunfermline and Dollar
vs
Photograph of Claire Young
Claire Young
LD Thornbury and Yate

Voting alignment

Graeme Downie and Claire Young voted the same way 27% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 198 different votes 272 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
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 89% aligned 9 shared votes
9 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 4 No
Migration 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 36% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 21 No
Tax 7% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
6 Aye 4 No
Education 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 14 No
Defence 13% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 9 No
Transport 17% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

64.2%
8% below average
Rank 527 of 649
Participation
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 355 of 649
379
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
432
590 eligible divisions
165
43.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
53.5% of votes cast
214
56.5% of votes cast
No votes
201
46.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Appearances
143
+59.4 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 650
97
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Contributions
168
+22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£234,085
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,164
all imported IPSA years
£234,085
3% above average
Latest expenses
£203,164
10% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#3
Education
43 of 50 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#5
Defence
28 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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