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Sir Geoffrey Cox vs Steve Witherden

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

Photograph of Sir Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock
vs
Photograph of Steve Witherden
Steve Witherden
Lab Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr

Voting alignment

Sir Geoffrey Cox and Steve Witherden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 227 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 225 different votes 227 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
1 Aye 3 No
Benefits 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
16 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
22 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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

65.7%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 650
Participation
80.0%
8% above average
Rank 195 of 650
1,581
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
495
619 eligible divisions
747
47.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
252
50.9% of votes cast
834
52.8% of votes cast
No votes
243
49.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

15
-73.8 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 650
Appearances
60
-28.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
23
-131.6 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 650
Contributions
77
-77.6 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£264,705
17% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
16
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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 212 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
72 of 94 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over extension motion 13 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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