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Sarah Bool vs Stephen Doughty

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

Photograph of Sarah Bool
Sarah Bool
Con South Northamptonshire
vs
Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth

Voting alignment

Sarah Bool and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 189 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 172 different votes 189 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 5 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

70.8%
2% below average
Rank 409 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
418
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
177
42.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
906
57.3% of votes cast
241
57.7% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

93
+10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649
Appearances
80
-2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 649
109
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
Contributions
350
+207.1 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£188,791
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£188,791
17% below average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
9
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Tax
98 of 112 votes
#3
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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