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Sojan Joseph vs Steve Reed

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


Voting alignment

Sojan Joseph and Steve Reed voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 272 shared comparable votes.

266 same votes 6 different votes 272 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
39 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
39 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 68 shared votes
39 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 100% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

89.8%
17% above average
Rank 21 of 650
Participation
61.9%
10% below average
Rank 554 of 650
571
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,499
2,422 eligible divisions
283
49.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
871
58.1% of votes cast
288
50.4% of votes cast
No votes
628
41.9% of votes cast
14
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
13 years, 11 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

75
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 650
Appearances
46
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 650
89
-78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 650
Contributions
410
+242.9 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£158,669
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£158,669
30% below average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
#4
Trade
70 of 94 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API