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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 152 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 150 different votes 152 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 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
6 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
5% below average
Rank 474 of 649
Participation
79.7%
8% above average
Rank 201 of 649
1,410
2,113 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
582 eligible divisions
699
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
51.9% of votes cast
711
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
223
48.1% of votes cast
3
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 649
Appearances
61
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
274
+134.6 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 649
Contributions
76
-63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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
18
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
20 of 20 votes
Trade
73 of 87 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
134 of 163 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Energy
45 of 59 votes
#5
Housing
30 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
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
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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