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Lewis Cocking vs Chris Ward

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

Photograph of Lewis Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne
vs
Photograph of Chris Ward
Chris Ward
Lab Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

Voting alignment

Lewis Cocking and Chris Ward voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 359 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 352 different votes 359 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
37 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
43 Aye 37 No
8 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
32 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
43 Aye 37 No
8 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
32 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

78.4%
6% above average
Rank 234 of 650
Participation
71.9%
same as average
Rank 385 of 650
486
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
620 eligible divisions
225
46.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
52.2% of votes cast
261
53.7% of votes cast
No votes
213
47.8% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

123
+30.0 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Appearances
78
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 650
170
+8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
Contributions
231
+69.0 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£181,438
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£181,438
20% below average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10% below 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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#2
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 30 votes
Crime / Justice
57 of 66 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API