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Michelle Welsh vs Gill Furniss

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


Voting alignment

Michelle Welsh and Gill Furniss voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 394 shared comparable votes.

387 same votes 7 different votes 394 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
61 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
61 Aye 32 No
28 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
61 Aye 32 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
61 Aye 32 No
28 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 149 of 650
Participation
71.2%
1% below average
Rank 396 of 650
522
635 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,688
2,370 eligible divisions
264
50.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
55.2% of votes cast
258
49.4% of votes cast
No votes
757
44.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
10 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

63
-33.1 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
Appearances
41
-55.1 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 650
74
-93.2 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
Contributions
36
-131.2 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,455
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,125,000
all imported IPSA years
£179,455
21% below average
Latest expenses
£322,640
43% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 212 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#4
Housing
52 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API