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Mike Wood vs Danny Beales

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

Photograph of Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
vs
Photograph of Danny Beales
Danny Beales
Lab Uxbridge and South Ruislip

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Danny Beales voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 428 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 419 different votes 428 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 16 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
28 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 91 shared votes
51 Aye 40 No
12 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
28 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 68 of 650
Participation
89.7%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 650
2,075
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
556
620 eligible divisions
1,001
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
291
52.3% of votes cast
1,074
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
265
47.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

134
+43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Appearances
129
+38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
191
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 650
Contributions
171
+12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£181,232
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£181,232
20% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
79 of 82 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
87 of 94 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Housing
61 of 67 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
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
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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