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Alan Strickland vs Debbie Abrahams

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 Debbie Abrahams
Debbie Abrahams
Lab Oldham East and Saddleworth

Voting alignment

Alan Strickland and Debbie Abrahams voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 394 shared comparable votes.

394 same votes 0 different votes 394 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
44 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
44 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
44 Aye 41 No
27 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
27 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 19 No
Transport 100% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 11 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 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
70.4%
2% below average
Rank 421 of 649
520
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,673
2,376 eligible divisions
260
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
54.2% of votes cast
260
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
766
45.8% of votes cast
12
2.3% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
15 years, 8 months
Since 13 Jan 2011

Debates

33
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649
Appearances
68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 321 of 649
34
-109.5 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
Contributions
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 388 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
£2,973,233
all imported IPSA years
£174,611
23% below average
Latest expenses
£290,169
28% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
63 of 69 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#2
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
174 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Transport
78 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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