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Stephen Doughty vs Liz Kendall

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 Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Liz Kendall voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,194 shared comparable votes.

1,178 same votes 16 different votes 1,194 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
99 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 150 shared votes
99 Aye 51 No
38 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 102 shared votes
38 Aye 64 No
46 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 100 shared votes
46 Aye 54 No
26 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 17 No
Benefits 100% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
97 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 163 shared votes
100 Aye 63 No
37 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 55 shared votes
36 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 30 No
Trade 98% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
99 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 150 shared votes
99 Aye 51 No
38 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 102 shared votes
38 Aye 64 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

66.4%
6% below average
Rank 492 of 650
Participation
64.2%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 650
1,596
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,543
2,405 eligible divisions
913
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
878
56.9% of votes cast
683
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
665
43.1% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
13 years, 11 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

81
-7.0 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
Appearances
35
-53.0 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
400
+246.6 vs Commons average
Rank 42 of 650
Contributions
483
+329.6 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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
£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£249,722
10% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
178 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
184 of 212 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 82 votes
#3
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 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
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye rebel
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House Amdt 6 (J Lewis) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
No
Opposition Day motion: MoD Bicester and illegal migrants 14 Oct 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
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