Compare

Matt Turmaine vs Ruth Jones

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

Photograph of Matt Turmaine
Matt Turmaine
Lab Watford
vs
Photograph of Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Matt Turmaine and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 484 shared comparable votes.

482 same votes 2 different votes 484 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
50 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
50 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
32 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
32 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
50 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 57 shared votes
31 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
32 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 41 shared votes
32 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 12 No
Housing 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

91.3%
19% above average
Rank 12 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
569
623 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,356
1,745 eligible divisions
294
51.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
706
52.1% of votes cast
275
48.3% of votes cast
No votes
650
47.9% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

44
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 650
Appearances
61
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
65
-98.5 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 650
Contributions
86
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£150,619
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£150,619
33% below average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 71 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#3
Education
61 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#4
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on the Right of Trade Unions to Access Workplaces 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API