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Stephen Doughty vs Ed Davey

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 Ed Davey
Ed Davey
LD Kingston and Surbiton

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Ed Davey voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 943 shared comparable votes.

831 same votes 112 different votes 943 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
81 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 139 shared votes
81 Aye 58 No
35 Aye 58 No
Migration 100% aligned 93 shared votes
35 Aye 58 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 100% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
17 Aye 30 No
Trade 96% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 64% aligned 28 shared votes
2 Aye 26 No
10 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 64% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
76 Aye 30 No
Tax 74% aligned 106 shared votes
70 Aye 36 No
16 Aye 3 No
Education 74% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 16 No
Benefits 78% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 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
60.2%
12% below average
Rank 574 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,276
2,121 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
715
56.0% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
561
44.0% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.6% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
Appearances
65
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 649
350
+204.1 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 649
Contributions
108
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
170 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 63 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 19 Nov 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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