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Stephen Doughty vs Ruth Jones

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 Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 919 shared comparable votes.

918 same votes 1 different votes 919 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
48 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 106 shared votes
48 Aye 58 No
29 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
29 Aye 75 No
67 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
67 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 106 shared votes
48 Aye 58 No
29 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
29 Aye 75 No
67 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
67 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

66.9 %
6 % below average
Rank 490 of 647
Participation
78.0 %
5 % above average
Rank 248 of 647
1,561
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,302
1,669 eligible divisions
898
57.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
681
52.3 % of votes cast
663
42.5 % of votes cast
No votes
621
47.7 % of votes cast
17
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.0 % of votes cast
13 years, 7 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
7 years, 2 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

67
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
Appearances
36
-30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 650
334
+216.0 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 650
Contributions
46
-72.0 vs Commons average
Rank 489 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 38 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Education
60 of 68 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#4
Migration
134 of 152 votes
Defence
51 of 64 votes
#5
Work / Employment
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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