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Stephen Doughty vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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 Sir Geoffrey Cox
Sir Geoffrey Cox
Con Torridge and Tavistock

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,088 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,035 different votes 1,088 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
15 Aye 8 No
Energy 9% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
35 Aye 72 No
Migration 4% aligned 107 shared votes
68 Aye 39 No
18 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
82 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 141 shared votes
58 Aye 83 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 54 shared votes
32 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 11 No
Benefits 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 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
66.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 497 of 648
1,541
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,542
2,312 eligible divisions
894
58.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
718
46.6 % of votes cast
647
42.0 % of votes cast
No votes
824
53.4 % of votes cast
17
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 293 of 648
Appearances
4
-56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 632 of 648
298
+189.1 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 648
Contributions
9
-99.9 vs Commons average
Rank 622 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
13
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
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#2
Trade
71 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#4
Migration
125 of 169 votes
Defence
46 of 59 votes
#5
Defence
43 of 59 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
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