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Mr James Frith vs Derek Twigg

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

Photograph of Mr James Frith
Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North
vs
Photograph of Derek Twigg
Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood

Voting alignment

Mr James Frith and Derek Twigg voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 509 shared comparable votes.

498 same votes 11 different votes 509 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
60 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
60 Aye 27 No
57 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 79 shared votes
57 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 3 No
Benefits 73% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
60 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 87 shared votes
60 Aye 27 No
57 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 79 shared votes
57 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 294 of 650
Participation
58.2%
14% below average
Rank 588 of 650
477
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,407
2,417 eligible divisions
235
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
812
57.7% of votes cast
242
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
595
42.3% of votes cast
11
2.3% of votes cast
Against party
27
1.9% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

49
-45.5 vs Commons average
Rank 492 of 650
Appearances
54
-40.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 650
105
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 372 of 650
Contributions
45
-119.6 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£817,882
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£210,945
7% below average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#2
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
145 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 82 votes
Education
46 of 50 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye rebel
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No rebel
Aye
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Nick Boles's motion D (Common Market 2.0) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Joanna Cherry's motion G (Parliamentary Supremacy) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Joanna Cherry's motion L (Revocation to avoid no deal) 27 Mar 2019
No rebel
Aye
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API