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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 212 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 210 different votes 212 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
14 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
32 Aye 14 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
14 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
32 Aye 14 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

66.1%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
Participation
79.7%
8% above average
Rank 201 of 649
1,566
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
582 eligible divisions
737
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
51.9% of votes cast
829
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
223
48.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

8
-72.0 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 649
Appearances
61
-19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
13
-126.4 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649
Contributions
76
-63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 410 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£264,705
17% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
15
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 211 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 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
30 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
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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