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Nigel Farage vs Claire Hughes

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 Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Claire Hughes voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 156 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 148 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 3 No
Education 8% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 11 No
Housing 6% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 13 No
Tax 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 13 No
Tax 0% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
Participation
89.8%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 649
6
15 eligible divisions
Total votes
530
590 eligible divisions
4
66.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
271
51.1% of votes cast
2
33.3% of votes cast
No votes
259
48.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

13
-70.6 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 650
Appearances
0
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 650
15
-130.7 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
Contributions
0
-145.7 vs Commons average
Rank 643 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20% below average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
No topic data
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
No topic data
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
No topic data
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
No topic data
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API