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Sarah Russell vs Claire Hughes

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

Photograph of Sarah Russell
Sarah Russell
Lab Congleton
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Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Claire Hughes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 404 shared comparable votes.

404 same votes 0 different votes 404 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
50 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
50 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
50 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

84.2 %
11 % above average
Rank 121 of 647
Participation
90.1 %
17 % above average
Rank 26 of 647
452
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
537 eligible divisions
235
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
255
52.7 % of votes cast
217
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
229
47.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

70
+6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 647
Appearances
12
-51.6 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 647
104
-9.6 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 647
Contributions
12
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Education
49 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
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