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Sir Geoffrey Cox vs David Burton-Sampson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Geoffrey Cox and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 237 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 233 different votes 237 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
38 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
38 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
13 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 498 of 649
Participation
87.3%
15% above average
Rank 58 of 649
1,571
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
515
590 eligible divisions
740
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
268
52.0% of votes cast
831
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
247
48.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

8
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 649
Appearances
54
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
13
-130.5 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 649
Contributions
56
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£264,705
17% above average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15% below average
15
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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

Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
#2
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API