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Mrs Kemi Badenoch vs Michelle Welsh

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

Photograph of Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex
vs
Photograph of Michelle Welsh
Michelle Welsh
Lab Sherwood Forest

Voting alignment

Mrs Kemi Badenoch and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 156 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 155 different votes 156 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 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
32 Aye 16 No
4 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 650
Participation
81.7%
9% above average
Rank 164 of 650
1,432
2,150 eligible divisions
Total votes
506
619 eligible divisions
709
49.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
49.8% of votes cast
723
50.5% of votes cast
No votes
254
50.2% of votes cast
3
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
Appearances
58
-32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650
306
+149.4 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 650
Contributions
69
-87.6 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£278,687
23% above average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
19
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
168 of 189 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
76 of 90 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
134 of 163 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 47 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Energy
45 of 59 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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