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Rebecca Long Bailey vs Sojan Joseph

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

Photograph of Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford
vs
Photograph of Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford

Voting alignment

Rebecca Long Bailey and Sojan Joseph voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 479 shared comparable votes.

467 same votes 12 different votes 479 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
39 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
39 Aye 33 No
13 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
26 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 14 No
Transport 100% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 13 No
Benefits 80% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 6 No
Migration 90% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 17 No
Education 97% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
39 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
39 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

76.8%
5% above average
Rank 266 of 650
Participation
89.8%
17% above average
Rank 21 of 650
1,861
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
571
636 eligible divisions
1,024
55.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
283
49.6% of votes cast
837
45.0% of votes cast
No votes
288
50.4% of votes cast
26
1.4% of votes cast
Against party
14
2.5% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
Appearances
73
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
67
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 650
Contributions
87
-81.9 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£259,636
15% above average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30% below average
5
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
4 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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
74 of 82 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Housing
60 of 68 votes
#3
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye rebel
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No rebel
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No rebel
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day motion: Support for British farmers 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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