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Shivani Raja vs Carla Lockhart

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

Photograph of Shivani Raja
Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East
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Photograph of Carla Lockhart
Carla Lockhart
DUP Upper Bann

Voting alignment

Shivani Raja and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 165 shared comparable votes.

157 same votes 8 different votes 165 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
12 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 49 shared votes
12 Aye 37 No
2 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Housing 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 86% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 89% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 94% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

63.1 %
10 % below average
Rank 538 of 649
Participation
45.4 %
27 % below average
Rank 629 of 649
363
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
746
1,643 eligible divisions
182
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
383
51.3 % of votes cast
181
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
363
48.7 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

3
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 650
Appearances
167
+89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650
3
-135.3 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 650
Contributions
189
+50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£205,066
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
£205,066
9 % below average
Latest expenses
£258,626
14 % above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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

Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
41 of 50 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
38 of 55 votes
Transport
22 of 29 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
100 of 174 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
24 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 3 Jun 2025
Defence
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 12 Mar 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025 12 Feb 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
Renters' Rights Bill: Third Reading 14 Jan 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Renters' Rights Bill Report Stage: Government New Clause 14 14 Jan 2025
Housing
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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