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Steve Race vs Debbie Abrahams

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 Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth

Voting alignment

Steve Race and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.

397 same votes 3 different votes 400 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
37 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
37 Aye 35 No
29 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
37 Aye 35 No
29 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

86.1%
14% above average
Rank 70 of 650
Participation
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 416 of 650
534
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,693
2,406 eligible divisions
281
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
918
54.2% of votes cast
253
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
775
45.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
15 years, 9 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

105
+12.0 vs Commons average
Rank 190 of 650
Appearances
65
-28.0 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650
121
-41.0 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Contributions
80
-82.0 vs Commons average
Rank 444 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,803
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£194,803
14% below average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
42 of 42 votes
#1
Work / Employment
72 of 80 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 votes
Transport
30 of 30 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
175 of 212 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Transport
79 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Opposition Day motion: Inheritance Tax 14 Oct 2026
Tax
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API