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Stephen Doughty vs Richard Fuller

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 Richard Fuller
Richard Fuller
Con North Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Richard Fuller voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 978 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 936 different votes 978 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
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 8% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 8 No
Energy 8% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
28 Aye 57 No
Migration 6% aligned 85 shared votes
52 Aye 33 No
11 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 62 shared votes
30 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
22 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 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
79.0%
6% above average
Rank 224 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,310
1,658 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
618
47.2% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
692
52.8% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.8% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 649
Appearances
38
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 519 of 649
350
+204.1 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 649
Contributions
54
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 496 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
£2,221,578
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£273,108
21% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Work / Employment
61 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
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
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