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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 95% of the time, based on 152 shared comparable votes.

144 same votes 8 different votes 152 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 8 No
Education 100% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 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
8 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 88% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 92% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

61.6 %
11 % below average
Rank 563 of 647
Participation
45.5 %
27 % below average
Rank 625 of 647
334
542 eligible divisions
Total votes
732
1,610 eligible divisions
167
50.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
376
51.4 % of votes cast
167
50.0 % of votes cast
No votes
356
48.6 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

3
-62.5 vs Commons average
Rank 632 of 647
Appearances
141
+75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 647
3
-113.9 vs Commons average
Rank 629 of 647
Contributions
160
+43.1 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 647

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
34 of 37 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
41 of 50 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
Defence
18 of 22 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
38 of 55 votes
Transport
19 of 25 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
24 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
99 of 173 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 Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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