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Sarah Coombes vs Matt Vickers

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 Matt Vickers
Matt Vickers
Con Stockton West

Voting alignment

Sarah Coombes and Matt Vickers voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 342 different votes 349 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 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 8 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
41 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
35 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
35 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

81.0%
9% above average
Rank 175 of 650
Participation
78.5%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 650
508
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,330
1,695 eligible divisions
255
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
638
48.0% of votes cast
253
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
692
52.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

69
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
Appearances
124
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 650
86
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 650
Contributions
258
+95.1 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£164,149
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,218,799
all imported IPSA years
£164,149
27% below average
Latest expenses
£295,321
31% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
63 of 63 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
57 of 64 votes
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Education
45 of 50 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#5
Trade
48 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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