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Sarah Pochin vs Stephen Doughty

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 Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 106 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 98 different votes 106 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
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 1 No
Transport 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
0 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
906
57.3% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.7% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

98
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649
Appearances
79
-2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 649
118
-24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 269 of 649
Contributions
349
+206.5 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 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
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
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: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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