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Steve Race vs Mark Ferguson

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 Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson
Lab Gateshead Central and Whickham

Voting alignment

Steve Race and Mark Ferguson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 402 shared comparable votes.

401 same votes 1 different votes 402 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
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
29 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
29 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
49 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
29 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
29 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

85.8%
13% above average
Rank 79 of 649
Participation
89.3%
17% above average
Rank 24 of 649
506
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
527
590 eligible divisions
269
53.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
279
52.9% of votes cast
237
46.8% of votes cast
No votes
248
47.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

98
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 649
Appearances
5
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
Contributions
13
-130.5 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£194,803
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£191,951
all imported IPSA years
£194,803
14% below average
Latest expenses
£191,951
15% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API