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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 884 shared comparable votes.

872 same votes 12 different votes 884 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
28 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 111 shared votes
28 Aye 83 No
14 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 11 No
Benefits 86% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 15 No
Defence 90% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 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

58.0 %
15 % below average
Rank 594 of 648
Participation
77.7 %
5 % above average
Rank 262 of 648
1,342
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,281
1,648 eligible divisions
676
50.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
677
52.8 % of votes cast
666
49.6 % of votes cast
No votes
604
47.2 % of votes cast
112
8.3 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
7 years, 2 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

47
-13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 648
Appearances
35
-25.4 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 648
33
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 648
Contributions
46
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 648

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
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

Migration
121 of 169 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
49 of 54 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 38 votes
Transport
62 of 87 votes
#3
Education
60 of 68 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
134 of 152 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#5
Work / Employment
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No rebel
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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