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Stephen Doughty vs David Chadwick

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 David Chadwick
David Chadwick
LD Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and David Chadwick voted the same way 18% of the time, based on 181 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 149 different votes 181 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 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 0 No
Housing 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Education 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 6% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 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
68.0 %
5 % below average
Rank 463 of 649
1,577
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
391
575 eligible divisions
905
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
207
52.9 % of votes cast
672
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
184
47.1 % of votes cast
17
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % 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
95
+17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
375
+236.7 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650
Contributions
131
-7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 212 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
£178,068
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,068
21 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
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
Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 19 Nov 2025
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Second Reading 16 Sep 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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