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Luke Pollard vs David Burton-Sampson

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


Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

314 same votes 2 different votes 316 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
41 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
41 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
41 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
24 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

69.2%
3% below average
Rank 438 of 650
Participation
87.8%
15% above average
Rank 45 of 650
1,496
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
554
631 eligible divisions
824
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
288
52.0% of votes cast
672
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
266
48.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.5% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650
Appearances
69
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 650
673
+508.4 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
Contributions
72
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37% above average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
73 of 82 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
74 of 90 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API