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Ruth Cadbury vs Jim Allister

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

Photograph of Ruth Cadbury
Ruth Cadbury
Lab Brentford and Isleworth
vs
Photograph of Jim Allister
Jim Allister
TUV North Antrim

Voting alignment

Ruth Cadbury and Jim Allister voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 299 different votes 338 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 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 36% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 28% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 1 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 19% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

75.0%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 430 of 649
1,779
2,373 eligible divisions
Total votes
411
587 eligible divisions
988
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
203
49.4% of votes cast
791
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
208
50.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

64
-16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649
Appearances
194
+113.3 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 649
72
-68.6 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Contributions
252
+111.4 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£293,505
30% above average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#3
Education
42 of 50 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Tax
90 of 112 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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 140 8 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 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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102 9 Mar 2026
Education
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 86 stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 12 29 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 29 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API