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Luke Pollard vs Saqib Bhatti

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

Photograph of Luke Pollard
Luke Pollard
Lab Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
vs
Photograph of Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 901 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 866 different votes 901 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
18 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 6% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 4 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 16 No
Transport 4% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
33 Aye 97 No
Migration 3% aligned 130 shared votes
93 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 19 No
Trade 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

69.3%
3% below average
Rank 443 of 649
Participation
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 177 of 649
1,469
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,348
1,658 eligible divisions
810
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
667
49.5% of votes cast
659
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
681
50.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

71
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
Appearances
84
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
673
+527.3 vs Commons average
Rank 8 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 308 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
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37% above average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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
61 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Trade
71 of 87 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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