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Richard Burgon vs David Davis

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

Photograph of Richard Burgon
Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East
vs
Photograph of David Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington

Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and David Davis voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 1,266 shared comparable votes.

118 same votes 1,148 different votes 1,266 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
31 Aye 78 No
Migration 17% aligned 109 shared votes
67 Aye 42 No
52 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 98 shared votes
45 Aye 53 No
31 Aye 32 No
Trade 13% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 24 No
Defence 11% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 14 No
Benefits 9% aligned 43 shared votes
12 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 35 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No
12 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
29 Aye 12 No
25 Aye 13 No
Energy 0% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
Participation
64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
720
46.8% of votes cast
861
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
819
53.2% of votes cast
45
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
93
6.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

85
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
97
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33% above average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
198 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
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
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
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 29 Apr 2025
Aye
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