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Sarah Pochin vs Kate Dearden

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of Kate Dearden
Kate Dearden
Lab Halifax

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Kate Dearden voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 183 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 164 different votes 183 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 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 1 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
14 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
Participation
86.1%
13% above average
Rank 74 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
508
590 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
48.6% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
261
51.4% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

100
+18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
83
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
120
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Contributions
207
+64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£175,203
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£175,203
23% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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