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Stephen Doughty vs David Davis

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 Davis
David Davis
Con Goole and Pocklington

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and David Davis voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 1,075 shared comparable votes.

104 same votes 971 different votes 1,075 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
30 Aye 66 No
Migration 17% aligned 96 shared votes
56 Aye 40 No
14 Aye 10 No
Benefits 17% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
27 Aye 26 No
Trade 15% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
47 Aye 41 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 88 shared votes
39 Aye 49 No
15 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
88 Aye 38 No
Tax 2% aligned 126 shared votes
39 Aye 87 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
64.8%
8% below average
Rank 521 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,539
2,376 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
720
46.8% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
819
53.2% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
93
6.0% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
18 years, 2 months
Since 10 Jul 2008

Debates

79
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 649
349
+206.7 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£2,621,658
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£277,187
23% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
198 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
53 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Migration
126 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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