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Kate Dearden vs Sarah Champion

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 Sarah Champion
Sarah Champion
Lab Rotherham

Voting alignment

Kate Dearden and Sarah Champion voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

287 same votes 0 different votes 287 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
37 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
37 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
37 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
8 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
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 426 of 649
508
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,670
2,376 eligible divisions
247
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
910
54.5% of votes cast
261
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
760
45.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 650
Appearances
51
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650
206
+60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
Contributions
87
-58.7 vs Commons average
Rank 382 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
£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
£175,203
23% below average
Latest expenses
£291,263
29% above average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API