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Jim Dickson vs Claire Hughes

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

Photograph of Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford
vs
Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Jim Dickson and Claire Hughes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 497 shared comparable votes.

497 same votes 0 different votes 497 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
59 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
59 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
59 Aye 40 No
25 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

88.9%
16% above average
Rank 29 of 650
Participation
90.2%
18% above average
Rank 18 of 650
551
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
559
620 eligible divisions
263
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
283
50.6% of votes cast
288
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
276
49.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

173
+80.0 vs Commons average
Rank 61 of 650
Appearances
0
-93.0 vs Commons average
Rank 645 of 650
208
+46.0 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 650
Contributions
0
-162.0 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£172,033
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£172,033
24% below average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Education
47 of 50 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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