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Mike Wood vs Tom Rutland

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 Tom Rutland
Tom Rutland
Lab East Worthing and Shoreham

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Tom Rutland voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 337 different votes 345 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
37 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
50 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
50 Aye 37 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

86.6 %
14 % above average
Rank 67 of 650
Participation
82.4 %
10 % above average
Rank 152 of 650
2,029
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
558 eligible divisions
976
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
227
49.3 % of votes cast
1,053
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
233
50.7 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

92
+22.7 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
Appearances
42
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 448 of 650
123
-0.1 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
Contributions
56
-67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 452 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
£224,741
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£224,741
1 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
162 of 169 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
84 of 89 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
66 of 70 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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