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Mrs Kemi Badenoch vs Steve Witherden

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 Steve Witherden
Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

Voting alignment

Mrs Kemi Badenoch and Steve Witherden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 146 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 144 different votes 146 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
2 Aye 3 No
Benefits 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
4 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

67.3 %
6 % below average
Rank 483 of 647
Participation
81.5 %
9 % above average
Rank 174 of 647
1,399
2,078 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
547 eligible divisions
693
49.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
52.0 % of votes cast
706
50.5 % of votes cast
No votes
214
48.0 % of votes cast
3
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 649
Appearances
55
-12.0 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
221
+101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
70
-49.1 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£278,687
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38 % below average
15
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
167 of 188 votes
#1
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Trade
70 of 84 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
133 of 161 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
35 of 43 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Energy
45 of 56 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Oil and gas 24 Mar 2026
Energy
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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