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Paul Davies vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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

Photograph of Paul Davies
Paul Davies
Lab Colne Valley
vs
Photograph of Sir Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock

Voting alignment

Paul Davies and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 248 different votes 251 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
38 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
21 Aye 38 No
25 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
6 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
21 Aye 38 No
25 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
6 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

94.0%
22% above average
Rank 2 of 650
Participation
66.0%
6% below average
Rank 496 of 650
568
604 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,577
2,390 eligible divisions
290
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
744
47.2% of votes cast
278
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
833
52.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

49
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
Appearances
14
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650
59
-92.4 vs Commons average
Rank 486 of 650
Contributions
22
-129.4 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,533
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£194,533
14% below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
16
3 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 94 votes
Housing
32 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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