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Steve Reed vs Ed Davey

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


Voting alignment

Steve Reed and Ed Davey voted the same way 87% of the time, based on 924 shared comparable votes.

808 same votes 116 different votes 924 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
93 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 153 shared votes
93 Aye 60 No
26 Aye 64 No
Migration 100% aligned 90 shared votes
26 Aye 64 No
6 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
30 Aye 10 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 40 shared votes
29 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 13 No
Education 47% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 9 No
Housing 58% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
79 Aye 40 No
Tax 73% aligned 119 shared votes
85 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 16 No
Benefits 79% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 23 No
Transport 82% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

62.4 %
11 % below average
Rank 553 of 647
Participation
61.0 %
12 % below average
Rank 571 of 647
1,450
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,261
2,068 eligible divisions
854
58.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
706
56.0 % of votes cast
596
41.1 % of votes cast
No votes
555
44.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
13 years, 6 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

40
-23.7 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 647
Appearances
50
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 647
350
+236.2 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 647
Contributions
84
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£293,477
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
36 of 45 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 161 votes
Trade
65 of 88 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#5
Transport
54 of 84 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API