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Kate Dearden vs Louise Haigh

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 Louise Haigh
Louise Haigh
Lab Sheffield Heeley

Voting alignment

Kate Dearden and Louise Haigh voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.

271 same votes 0 different votes 271 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
18 Aye 15 No
Tax 100% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 15 No
Tax 100% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 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
65.0%
8% below average
Rank 519 of 649
508
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,545
2,376 eligible divisions
247
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
57.4% of votes cast
261
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
658
42.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 650
Appearances
17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
206
+60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
Contributions
230
+84.1 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£175,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,002,785
all imported IPSA years
£175,203
23% below average
Latest expenses
£226,069
same as average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
161 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
54 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Transport
70 of 95 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 Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
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