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Wera Hobhouse vs Alex Burghart

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

Photograph of Wera Hobhouse
Wera Hobhouse
LD Bath
vs
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Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Alex Burghart voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 1,345 shared comparable votes.

234 same votes 1,111 different votes 1,345 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
18 Aye 18 No
Education 58% aligned 36 shared votes
9 Aye 27 No
86 Aye 64 No
Tax 39% aligned 150 shared votes
53 Aye 97 No
9 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 37% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 43 No
Devolution / Local Government 32% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 27 No
Defence 29% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 88 No
Migration 3% aligned 115 shared votes
85 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
37 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 56 shared votes
17 Aye 39 No
100 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 170 shared votes
69 Aye 101 No

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

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
844
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
710
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

147
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 649
209
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 649
Contributions
136
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
12
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

Devolution / Local Government
60 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 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
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
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