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Graham Stringer vs Lewis Cocking

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Lewis Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Lewis Cocking voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 265 shared comparable votes.

24 same votes 241 different votes 265 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 2 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 15 No
Defence 14% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
37 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
11 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 589 of 649
Participation
78.0%
5% above average
Rank 246 of 649
1,372
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
590 eligible divisions
685
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
211
45.9% of votes cast
687
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
249
54.1% of votes cast
115
8.4% 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

56
-26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 649
Appearances
110
+27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
44
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 528 of 649
Contributions
162
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£181,438
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£181,438
20% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
1
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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Housing
44 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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