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Stephen Doughty vs Chris Law

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 Chris Law
Chris Law
SNP Dundee Central

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Chris Law voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 903 shared comparable votes.

847 same votes 56 different votes 903 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
92 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 162 shared votes
92 Aye 70 No
32 Aye 77 No
Migration 100% aligned 109 shared votes
32 Aye 77 No
33 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 50 shared votes
33 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 16 No
Benefits 77% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
91 Aye 42 No
Tax 81% aligned 133 shared votes
90 Aye 43 No
8 Aye 7 No
Energy 87% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 90% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 93% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 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
51.6 %
21 % below average
Rank 620 of 649
1,577
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,219
2,361 eligible divisions
905
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
672
55.1 % of votes cast
672
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
547
44.9 % of votes cast
17
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

82
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
Appearances
58
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650
375
+236.7 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650
Contributions
67
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 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
£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£345,624
53 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
4 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
196 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 26 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: Clause 63 Stand part 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government motion to insist on disagreement to Lords Amendment 48B but to propose Government amendment (a) and (b) in lieu of LA48B 8 Dec 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 51: Inheritance tax (pension interests) 2 Dec 2025
Tax
Aye
Aye
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 19 Nov 2025
Migration
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of LA62 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: motion relating to Lords Reason 72B 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 48B 5 Nov 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
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