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Sarah Pochin vs Steve Witherden

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 Steve Witherden
Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Steve Witherden voted the same way 9% of the time, based on 187 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 170 different votes 187 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
4 Aye 2 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 0 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 16 No
Housing 5% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
16 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 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
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
51.8% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
227
48.2% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

100
+17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
120
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Contributions
76
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: New Clause 29 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
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
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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