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Louise Haigh vs Michelle Welsh

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

Photograph of Louise Haigh
Louise Haigh
Lab Sheffield Heeley
vs
Photograph of Michelle Welsh
Michelle Welsh
Lab Sherwood Forest

Voting alignment

Louise Haigh and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 303 shared comparable votes.

303 same votes 0 different votes 303 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
27 Aye 16 No
Tax 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 16 No
Tax 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

65.0%
8% below average
Rank 519 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 141 of 649
1,545
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
887
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.8% of votes cast
658
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
240
49.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

17
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 650
Appearances
56
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 650
230
+84.3 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 650
Contributions
68
-77.7 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,002,785
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£226,069
same as average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
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

Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Brexit / EU
161 of 211 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
54 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
70 of 95 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
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 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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API