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Sarah Jones vs Michelle Welsh

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

Photograph of Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
Lab Croydon West
vs
Photograph of Michelle Welsh
Michelle Welsh
Lab Sherwood Forest

Voting alignment

Sarah Jones and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 259 shared comparable votes.

259 same votes 0 different votes 259 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
35 Aye 16 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
35 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 16 No
Tax 100% aligned 51 shared votes
35 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 7 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

66.7%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 649
Participation
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 141 of 649
1,414
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
786
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.8% of votes cast
628
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
240
49.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

97
+12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
Appearances
58
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650
581
+433.3 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
Contributions
70
-77.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,822,449
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£279,929
24% above average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
136 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 46 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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