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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 937 shared comparable votes.

936 same votes 1 different votes 937 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 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
67 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 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 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
67 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 54 shared votes
26 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 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
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
7 years, 5 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

79
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 649
Appearances
53
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
349
+206.7 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 649
Contributions
78
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 402 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
£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
5
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
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 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
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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