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Stephen Doughty vs Shivani Raja

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 Shivani Raja
Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Shivani Raja voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 182 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 164 different votes 182 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
2 Aye 4 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 18 No
Tax 3% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 1 No
Housing 0% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 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
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
906
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
675
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
19
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

79
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 265 of 649
Appearances
16
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
349
+206.7 vs Commons average
Rank 46 of 649
Contributions
18
-124.3 vs Commons average
Rank 610 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
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30% above average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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