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Stephen Doughty vs Lewis Cocking

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
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Photograph of Lewis Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Lewis Cocking voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 215 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 197 different votes 215 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 4 No
Benefits 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
25 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
1 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 2 No
Housing 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 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
78.0%
5% above average
Rank 246 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
590 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
211
45.9% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
249
54.1% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

79
-2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 649
Appearances
110
+28.2 vs Commons average
Rank 133 of 649
349
+206.5 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 649
Contributions
155
+12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 186 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
£181,438
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£181,438
20% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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