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Keir Mather vs Ed Davey

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 Ed Davey
Ed Davey
LD Kingston and Surbiton

Voting alignment

Keir Mather and Ed Davey voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 262 shared comparable votes.

105 same votes 157 different votes 262 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
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 21 No
Migration 96% aligned 26 shared votes
4 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 2 No
Energy 93% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Trade 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 56% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 7 No
Education 11% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 16 No
Tax 12% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 13% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 5 No
Defence 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 9 No
Transport 21% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 296 of 649
Participation
60.2%
12% below average
Rank 574 of 649
602
796 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,276
2,121 eligible divisions
294
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
715
56.0% of votes cast
308
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
561
44.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6% of votes cast
3 years, 2 months
Since 20 Jul 2023
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

103
+19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
Appearances
65
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
546
+400.3 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650
Contributions
108
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£451,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£306,391
35% above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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

Education
50 of 52 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 63 votes
Transport
31 of 33 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
NHS / Health
12 of 14 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 19 Nov 2025
Aye
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