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Stephen Doughty vs Rushanara Ali

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 Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,384 shared comparable votes.

1,380 same votes 4 different votes 1,384 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
105 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 165 shared votes
105 Aye 60 No
98 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 164 shared votes
98 Aye 66 No
71 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
71 Aye 64 No
38 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
38 Aye 85 No
30 Aye 27 No
Transport 100% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 55 shared votes
37 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 33 No
Trade 98% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
105 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 165 shared votes
105 Aye 60 No
98 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 164 shared votes
98 Aye 66 No
71 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 135 shared votes
71 Aye 64 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
787
43.4% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% 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
47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
350
+204.1 vs Commons average
Rank 47 of 649
Contributions
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 534 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
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
66 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill: Committee of the whole House Amdt 6 (J Lewis) 9 Jul 2019
Foreign Affairs
No
No
EU - Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) 12 Sept 2018
Trade
Aye rebel
No rebel
Motion on National Policy Statement and New Runway Capacity 25 Jun 2018
Aye
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
No rebel
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
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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