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Stephen Doughty vs Chris Ward

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


Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Chris Ward voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 220 shared comparable votes.

216 same votes 4 different votes 220 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
29 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 7 No
Transport 100% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 650
Participation
72.6%
same as average
Rank 364 of 650
1,609
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
462
636 eligible divisions
923
57.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
52.8% of votes cast
686
42.6% of votes cast
No votes
218
47.2% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

91
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Appearances
83
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650
402
+234.9 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 650
Contributions
238
+70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 130 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
£203,111
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£203,111
10% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
178 of 212 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#2
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
#3
Benefits
31 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Transport
30 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API