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Sir Geoffrey Cox vs Tom Rutland

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 Tom Rutland
Tom Rutland
Lab East Worthing and Shoreham

Voting alignment

Sir Geoffrey Cox and Tom Rutland voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 217 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 215 different votes 217 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
9 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 4 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
13 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
81.8%
10% above average
Rank 161 of 649
1,566
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
582 eligible divisions
737
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
49.2% of votes cast
829
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
242
50.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
55
-25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
13
-126.4 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649
Contributions
69
-70.4 vs Commons average
Rank 429 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
£224,741
all imported IPSA years
£264,705
17% above average
Latest expenses
£224,741
1% below average
15
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
72 of 91 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5
Transport
27 of 29 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
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API