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Graeme Downie vs Wera Hobhouse

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 Wera Hobhouse
Wera Hobhouse
LD Bath

Voting alignment

Graeme Downie and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 28% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 179 different votes 248 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 4 No
Housing 58% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 20 No
Tax 7% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 11% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 18% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 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
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
379
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
165
43.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
844
54.3% of votes cast
214
56.5% of votes cast
No votes
710
45.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

73
-10.6 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 650
Appearances
147
+63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
97
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 650
Contributions
209
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 128 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
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£234,085
3% above average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Devolution / Local Government
60 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
19 of 24 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
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
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
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
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
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
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