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Mike Wood vs Derek Twigg

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 Derek Twigg
Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Derek Twigg voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,138 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,075 different votes 1,138 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
14 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
59 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 123 shared votes
65 Aye 58 No
43 Aye 28 No
Migration 6% aligned 71 shared votes
24 Aye 47 No
13 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 105 No
Tax 0% aligned 154 shared votes
105 Aye 49 No
15 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
35 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
14 Aye 26 No
Energy 0% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 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 72 of 649
Participation
58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
2,049
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
986
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
793
57.6% of votes cast
1,063
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
584
42.4% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
145
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 649
Contributions
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
5
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
Housing
61 of 67 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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