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Wera Hobhouse vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Steve Witherden voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 286 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 211 different votes 286 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 1 No
Energy 62% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 54% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 45% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
26 Aye 38 No
Tax 5% aligned 64 shared votes
41 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 7 No
Defence 9% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 27 shared votes
21 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
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 649
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
844
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
51.8% of votes cast
710
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
227
48.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% 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
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 650
209
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 128 of 650
Contributions
80
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 409 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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

#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 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