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Michelle Welsh vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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

Photograph of Michelle Welsh
Michelle Welsh
Lab Sherwood Forest
vs
Photograph of Sir Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock

Voting alignment

Michelle Welsh and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 205 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 203 different votes 205 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
10 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
37 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
14 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
14 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

84.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 120 of 647
Participation
66.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 497 of 647
444
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,542
2,312 eligible divisions
235
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
718
46.6 % of votes cast
209
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
824
53.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

37
-23.8 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 647
Appearances
4
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 647
46
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 647
Contributions
9
-100.3 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£179,455
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£179,455
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 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

Devolution / Local Government
23 of 23 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Defence
22 of 22 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 88 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
125 of 169 votes
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
#5
Defence
43 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
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
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
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
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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