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Harriet Cross vs Stephen Doughty

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

Photograph of Harriet Cross
Harriet Cross
Con Gordon and Buchan
vs
Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth

Voting alignment

Harriet Cross and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 187 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 170 different votes 187 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
2 Aye 4 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 22 No
Tax 5% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

72.9%
same as average
Rank 360 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
430
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
202
47.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
906
57.3% of votes cast
228
53.0% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.7% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

115
+32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 649
Appearances
80
-2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 649
201
+58.1 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Contributions
350
+207.1 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£178,612
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£178,612
21% below average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Tax
99 of 112 votes
#3
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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