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Liz Kendall vs Michelle Welsh

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

Photograph of Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West
vs
Photograph of Michelle Welsh
Michelle Welsh
Lab Sherwood Forest

Voting alignment

Liz Kendall and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 257 shared comparable votes.

257 same votes 0 different votes 257 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
29 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 24 No
Tax 100% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 141 of 649
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
875
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.8% of votes cast
655
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
240
49.2% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

37
-47.8 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 650
Appearances
58
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650
526
+378.3 vs Commons average
Rank 21 of 650
Contributions
70
-77.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£249,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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