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Stephen Doughty vs Mark Garnier

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 Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Mark Garnier voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,360 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,289 different votes 1,360 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
16 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
36 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
97 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 166 shared votes
71 Aye 95 No
19 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 14 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 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
83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
970
48.9% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
Appearances
76
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
350
+204.1 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 649
Contributions
123
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 263 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
£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£260,744
15% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
22
7 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
177 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Migration
152 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
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
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 Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 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
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: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
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
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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