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Sarah Russell vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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

Photograph of Sarah Russell
Sarah Russell
Lab Congleton
vs
Photograph of Sir Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock

Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 192 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 190 different votes 192 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
10 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
31 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
14 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 14 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
14 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

83.9 %
11 % above average
Rank 128 of 647
Participation
66.6 %
7 % below average
Rank 498 of 647
444
529 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,542
2,315 eligible divisions
233
52.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
718
46.6 % of votes cast
211
47.5 % of votes cast
No votes
824
53.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

64
+2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 647
Appearances
4
-57.2 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 647
95
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 647
Contributions
9
-100.9 vs Commons average
Rank 620 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
0
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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 88 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 23 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
125 of 169 votes
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
#5
Defence
43 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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