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Steve Race vs Claire Hughes

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Steve Race
Steve Race
Lab Exeter
vs
Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Steve Race and Claire Hughes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 418 shared comparable votes.

418 same votes 0 different votes 418 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
53 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
53 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
29 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
53 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
29 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

86.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 78 of 647
Participation
90.1 %
17 % above average
Rank 26 of 647
464
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
537 eligible divisions
254
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
255
52.7 % of votes cast
210
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
229
47.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 647
Appearances
12
-51.6 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 647
80
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 647
Contributions
12
-101.8 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£194,803
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£194,803
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Education
49 of 49 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Transport
25 of 25 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
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