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Stephen Doughty vs Alex Burghart

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

Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth
vs
Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Alex Burghart voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,232 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,161 different votes 1,232 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
85 Aye 63 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 148 shared votes
63 Aye 85 No
21 Aye 5 No
Education 4% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
37 Aye 80 No
Migration 3% aligned 117 shared votes
77 Aye 40 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
Participation
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 649
Appearances
80
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 649
349
+205.5 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 649
Contributions
132
-11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
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
177 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
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