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Michelle Welsh vs Steve Witherden

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
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Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

Voting alignment

Michelle Welsh and Steve Witherden voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 405 shared comparable votes.

403 same votes 2 different votes 405 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 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 7 No
Benefits 88% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
50 Aye 31 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
50 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

82.7%
10% above average
Rank 141 of 649
Participation
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 649
488
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
248
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
51.8% of votes cast
240
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
227
48.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 649
68
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 649
Contributions
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£179,455
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£179,455
21% below average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
24 of 24 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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