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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
vs
Photograph of Carla Lockhart
Carla Lockhart
DUP Upper Bann

Voting alignment

Shivani Raja and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 186 shared comparable votes.

178 same votes 8 different votes 186 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
10 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 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 4 No
Transport 100% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 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

63.8%
9% below average
Rank 531 of 650
Participation
45.9%
27% below average
Rank 627 of 650
395
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
774
1,687 eligible divisions
199
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
400
51.7% of votes cast
196
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
374
48.3% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

24
-64.8 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 650
Appearances
185
+96.2 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 650
26
-128.6 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 650
Contributions
211
+56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 137 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
4
4 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
39 of 42 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
54 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
47 of 64 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
38 of 55 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
104 of 178 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Defence
38 of 70 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
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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