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Alison McGovern vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 390 shared comparable votes.

390 same votes 0 different votes 390 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
47 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
47 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 81 shared votes
47 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 38 shared votes
10 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

70.1 %
3 % below average
Rank 435 of 648
Participation
79.4 %
6 % above average
Rank 229 of 648
1,620
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
552
695 eligible divisions
905
55.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
289
52.4 % of votes cast
715
44.1 % of votes cast
No votes
263
47.6 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

56
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 648
Appearances
54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 648
294
+185.1 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 648
Contributions
63
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 25 votes
Migration
143 of 169 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Energy
21 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
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