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Sarah Pochin vs Richard Burgon

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 Richard Burgon
Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Richard Burgon voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 189 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 167 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
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 46% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 0 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
16 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 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
80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
861
45.2% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
45
2.4% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

100
+18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
85
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649
120
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Contributions
97
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£301,574
33% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 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 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
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API