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Stephen Doughty vs Kit Malthouse

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 Kit Malthouse
Kit Malthouse
Con North West Hampshire

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Kit Malthouse voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,402 shared comparable votes.

73 same votes 1,329 different votes 1,402 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 18 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 14 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 14 No
Energy 6% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
65 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 125 shared votes
61 Aye 64 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 33 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 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
86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 71 of 649
1,577
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,033
2,361 eligible divisions
905
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
970
47.7 % of votes cast
672
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,063
52.3 % of votes cast
17
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
20
1.0 % 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
77
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
375
+236.7 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650
Contributions
118
-20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 243 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
£2,190,913
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£293,019
30 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Trade
88 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#2
Migration
163 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
61 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Economic Activity of Public Bodies Carry-Over 22 Apr 2024
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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