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Tom Rutland vs Carla Lockhart

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

Photograph of Tom Rutland
Tom Rutland
Lab East Worthing and Shoreham
vs
Photograph of Carla Lockhart
Carla Lockhart
DUP Upper Bann

Voting alignment

Tom Rutland and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 220 different votes 245 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
3 Aye 6 No
Housing 33% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 27% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
14 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 15% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
20 Aye 44 No
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 6% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 4 No
Energy 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

82.0%
9% above average
Rank 159 of 649
Participation
45.5%
27% below average
Rank 628 of 649
484
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
755
1,658 eligible divisions
237
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
389
51.5% of votes cast
247
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
366
48.5% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

56
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
Appearances
174
+92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 37 of 649
70
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 649
Contributions
196
+53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£224,741
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
£224,741
1% below average
Latest expenses
£258,626
14% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
41 of 50 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
38 of 55 votes
Energy
19 of 20 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
100 of 174 votes
Transport
27 of 29 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
24 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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