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Kate Dearden vs Harriet Cross

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

Photograph of Kate Dearden
Kate Dearden
Lab Halifax
vs
Photograph of Harriet Cross
Harriet Cross
Con Gordon and Buchan

Voting alignment

Kate Dearden and Harriet Cross voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 293 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 284 different votes 293 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 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
40 Aye 28 No
Tax 3% aligned 68 shared votes
26 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
11 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

86.1%
13% above average
Rank 74 of 649
Participation
72.9%
same as average
Rank 360 of 649
508
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
430
590 eligible divisions
247
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
47.0% of votes cast
261
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
228
53.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 649
Appearances
119
+36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 649
206
+62.5 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 649
Contributions
205
+61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£175,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£178,612
all imported IPSA years
£175,203
23% below average
Latest expenses
£178,612
21% below average
7
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Tax
99 of 112 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Housing
27 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
No
Motion to sit in private 28 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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