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Graham Stringer vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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 Sir Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 946 shared comparable votes.

119 same votes 827 different votes 946 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
37 Aye 57 No
Brexit / EU 67% aligned 94 shared votes
38 Aye 56 No
15 Aye 29 No
Transport 11% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 22 No
Trade 7% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 19 No
Defence 6% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 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 592 of 649
Participation
66.1%
7% below average
Rank 499 of 649
1,370
2,373 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,569
2,373 eligible divisions
685
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
740
47.2% of votes cast
685
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
829
52.8% of votes cast
113
8.2% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

57
-24.2 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Appearances
8
-73.2 vs Commons average
Rank 622 of 649
43
-98.2 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 649
Contributions
13
-128.2 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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