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Sarah Coombes vs Carla Lockhart

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

Photograph of Sarah Coombes
Sarah Coombes
Lab West Bromwich
vs
Photograph of Carla Lockhart
Carla Lockhart
DUP Upper Bann

Voting alignment

Sarah Coombes and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 232 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 209 different votes 232 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
3 Aye 6 No
Housing 33% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 31% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 5 No
Education 13% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
16 Aye 41 No
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 11 No
Defence 6% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

80.7%
8% above average
Rank 185 of 649
Participation
45.5%
27% below average
Rank 628 of 649
476
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
755
1,658 eligible divisions
238
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
389
51.5% of votes cast
238
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
366
48.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

72
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
Appearances
174
+92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
91
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Contributions
196
+53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£164,149
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
£164,149
27% below average
Latest expenses
£258,626
14% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
41 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
38 of 55 votes
Education
45 of 50 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
100 of 174 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
24 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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