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Keir Mather vs Christian Wakeford

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

Photograph of Keir Mather
Keir Mather
Lab Selby
vs
Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South

Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Christian Wakeford voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 406 shared comparable votes.

406 same votes 0 different votes 406 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
36 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
36 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 21 No
Migration 100% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
36 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 21 No
Migration 100% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

75.4 %
2 % above average
Rank 309 of 648
Participation
85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 90 of 648
552
732 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,367
1,594 eligible divisions
275
49.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
662
48.4 % of votes cast
277
50.2 % of votes cast
No votes
705
51.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 648
Appearances
1
-59.4 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 648
249
+140.1 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 648
Contributions
1
-107.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35 % above average
Latest expenses
£335,718
48 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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

Defence
23 of 23 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Education
49 of 51 votes
#2
Defence
57 of 58 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
#3
Work / Employment
61 of 65 votes
Transport
23 of 25 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 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 Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API