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Wera Hobhouse vs Jayne Kirkham

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Jayne Kirkham voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 299 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 228 different votes 299 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
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 1 No
Energy 58% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 7 No
Housing 57% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
0 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
27 Aye 38 No
Tax 5% aligned 65 shared votes
41 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 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
82.5%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 649
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
590 eligible divisions
844
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
245
50.3% of votes cast
710
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
242
49.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

147
+63.4 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
Appearances
219
+135.4 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
209
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
Contributions
266
+120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 79 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£143,536
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£143,536
37% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
12
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API