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Luke Pollard vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Steve Witherden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

280 same votes 3 different votes 283 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
35 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
35 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Benefits 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
35 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 56 shared votes
35 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 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
80.3%
8% above average
Rank 190 of 650
1,496
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
631 eligible divisions
824
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
261
51.5% of votes cast
672
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
246
48.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% 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
63
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
673
+508.4 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
Contributions
81
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 450 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
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
73 of 82 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 189 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
74 of 90 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API