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Alan Strickland vs David Reed

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

Photograph of Alan Strickland
Alan Strickland
Lab Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
vs
Photograph of David Reed
David Reed
Con Exmouth and Exeter East

Voting alignment

Alan Strickland and David Reed voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 294 different votes 313 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
43 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
34 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
34 Aye 43 No
18 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
2 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

88.1%
16% above average
Rank 42 of 649
Participation
62.4%
10% below average
Rank 552 of 649
520
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
368
590 eligible divisions
260
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
188
51.1% of votes cast
260
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
180
48.9% of votes cast
12
2.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

33
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649
Appearances
120
+37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 649
34
-109.5 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
Contributions
179
+35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£174,611
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,694
all imported IPSA years
£174,611
23% below average
Latest expenses
£195,694
13% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
15
4 registered categories
0
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
18 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Energy
15 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Tax
80 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
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 145 7 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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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