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Stephen Doughty vs Sir Ashley Fox

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 Sir Ashley Fox
Sir Ashley Fox
Con Bridgwater

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Sir Ashley Fox voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 179 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 175 different votes 179 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
11 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
1 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

66.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 498 of 648
Participation
76.8 %
4 % above average
Rank 281 of 648
1,541
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
526 eligible divisions
894
58.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
174
43.1 % of votes cast
647
42.0 % of votes cast
No votes
230
56.9 % of votes cast
17
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.2 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 648
Appearances
115
+54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 648
298
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 648
Contributions
175
+66.1 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£159,406
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£159,406
30 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
35 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Tax
97 of 108 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Defence
46 of 59 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 36 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 26 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 13 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 4 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 2 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API