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Richard Burgon vs Shivani Raja

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

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Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East
vs
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Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East

Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and Shivani Raja voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 290 different votes 312 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 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 8 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 6% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
25 Aye 37 No
28 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
7 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 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
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
861
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
45
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
+2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 649
Appearances
16
-65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
96
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649
Contributions
18
-124.7 vs Commons average
Rank 610 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
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33% above average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
8
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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