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Matt Vickers vs Claire Hughes

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

Photograph of Matt Vickers
Matt Vickers
Con Stockton West
vs
Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Matt Vickers and Claire Hughes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 320 different votes 325 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
49 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
18 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 233 of 648
Participation
90.7 %
17 % above average
Rank 21 of 648
1,262
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
477
526 eligible divisions
603
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
254
53.2 % of votes cast
659
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
223
46.8 % of votes cast
6
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 648
Appearances
16
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 648
83
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 648
Contributions
16
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,218,799
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£295,321
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20 % below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Education
49 of 49 votes
Trade
46 of 50 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
56 of 63 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Migration
135 of 152 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 23 votes
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 37 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
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