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Mark Pritchard vs Michelle Welsh

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

Photograph of Mark Pritchard
Mark Pritchard
Con The Wrekin
vs
Photograph of Michelle Welsh
Michelle Welsh
Lab Sherwood Forest

Voting alignment

Mark Pritchard and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 258 different votes 263 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
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 33% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
33 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
55 Aye 33 No
11 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
55 Aye 33 No
11 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
1 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
17 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

64.8 %
8 % below average
Rank 520 of 650
Participation
82.8 %
10 % above average
Rank 145 of 650
1,523
2,350 eligible divisions
Total votes
467
564 eligible divisions
723
47.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
241
51.6 % of votes cast
800
52.5 % of votes cast
No votes
226
48.4 % of votes cast
16
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

161
+89.6 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650
Appearances
47
-24.4 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650
193
+66.2 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 650
Contributions
60
-66.8 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,150,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£174,182
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21 % below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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

Brexit / EU
198 of 211 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
135 of 169 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
#3
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 50 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API