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Ian Roome vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Ian Roome and Steve Witherden voted the same way 27% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 184 different votes 252 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 0 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 5 No
Housing 58% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 8 No
Defence 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 3 No
Transport 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 17 No
Tax 10% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

54.2%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 649
Participation
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 649
320
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
178
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
51.8% of votes cast
142
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
227
48.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

91
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 650
117
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Contributions
80
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 409 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£156,328
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£156,328
31% below average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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

Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
5 of 7 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Education
35 of 50 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API