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Nigel Farage vs Christian Wakeford

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

Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton
vs
Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Christian Wakeford voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 151 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 147 different votes 151 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
3 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

30.7 %
42 % below average
Rank 638 of 650
Participation
85.9 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 650
170
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,394
1,622 eligible divisions
84
49.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
667
47.8 % of votes cast
86
50.6 % of votes cast
No votes
727
52.2 % of votes cast
1
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

15
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 650
Appearances
1
-66.8 vs Commons average
Rank 635 of 650
17
-103.4 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 650
Contributions
1
-119.4 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£156,380
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
£156,380
31 % below average
Latest expenses
£335,718
48 % above average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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

Work / Employment
27 of 37 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Migration
7 of 11 votes
#2
Defence
68 of 69 votes
Housing
17 of 31 votes
#3
Work / Employment
61 of 65 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
Energy
7 of 17 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API