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Graham Stringer vs Ruth Jones

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 Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Ruth Jones voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 912 shared comparable votes.

899 same votes 13 different votes 912 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
74 Aye 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 119 shared votes
74 Aye 45 No
29 Aye 84 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
29 Aye 84 No
14 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 11 No
Benefits 86% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 24 No
Defence 93% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 30 No
Transport 98% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
55 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 127 shared votes
56 Aye 71 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
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
1,372
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
685
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
687
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
115
8.4% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 649
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
Contributions
78
-67.9 vs Commons average
Rank 418 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Housing
44 of 67 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill Committee: Amendment 4 30 Jan 2023
Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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