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Rachel Hopkins vs Shivani Raja

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

Photograph of Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire
vs
Photograph of Shivani Raja
Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East

Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Shivani Raja voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 342 different votes 349 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 8 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
47 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
24 Aye 47 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
24 Aye 47 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

84.8 %
12 % above average
Rank 102 of 649
Participation
63.1 %
10 % below average
Rank 538 of 649
1,393
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
363
575 eligible divisions
742
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
182
50.1 % of votes cast
651
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
181
49.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

89
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 650
Appearances
3
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
104
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 650
Contributions
3
-135.3 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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

Housing
52 of 53 votes
#1
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Education
65 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Migration
143 of 154 votes
#4
Transport
22 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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