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Stephen Doughty vs Aphra Brandreth

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
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Photograph of Aphra Brandreth
Aphra Brandreth
Con Chester South and Eddisbury

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Aphra Brandreth voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 184 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 179 different votes 184 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
3 Aye 4 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 1 No
Housing 0% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

66.8 %
6 % below average
Rank 483 of 649
Participation
65.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 506 of 649
1,577
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
378
575 eligible divisions
905
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
177
46.8 % of votes cast
672
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
201
53.2 % of votes cast
17
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4 % of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
Appearances
80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
375
+236.7 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650
Contributions
90
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Tax
79 of 111 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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