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Steve Race vs Tom Rutland

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 Tom Rutland
Tom Rutland
Lab East Worthing and Shoreham

Voting alignment

Steve Race and Tom Rutland voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 406 shared comparable votes.

406 same votes 0 different votes 406 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
52 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
52 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 88 shared votes
52 Aye 36 No
25 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 5 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

86.0 %
13 % above average
Rank 79 of 650
Participation
82.6 %
10 % above average
Rank 148 of 650
484
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
563 eligible divisions
260
53.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
229
49.2 % of votes cast
224
46.3 % of votes cast
No votes
236
50.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
+12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Appearances
41
-30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
100
-26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
Contributions
55
-71.2 vs Commons average
Rank 459 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
£224,741
all imported IPSA years
£194,803
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£224,741
1 % below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 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
37 of 37 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API