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Matt Bishop vs Stephen Doughty

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 155 shared comparable votes.

151 same votes 4 different votes 155 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
25 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

53.9%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 650
Participation
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 650
343
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,609
2,422 eligible divisions
163
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
923
57.4% of votes cast
180
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
686
42.6% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
14 years, 0 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

36
-61.0 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 650
Appearances
97
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 650
47
-122.2 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 650
Contributions
474
+304.8 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
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
13 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
Trade
7 of 10 votes
#2
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Tax
85 of 122 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
Benefits
21 of 32 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API