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Alistair Strathern vs Alan Gemmell

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

Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
Photograph of Alan Gemmell
Alan Gemmell
Lab Central Ayrshire

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 396 shared comparable votes.

396 same votes 0 different votes 396 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
57 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
57 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
57 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

79.2 %
7 % above average
Rank 218 of 650
Participation
80.1 %
7 % above average
Rank 198 of 650
580
732 eligible divisions
Total votes
451
563 eligible divisions
298
51.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
236
52.3 % of votes cast
282
48.6 % of votes cast
No votes
215
47.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 650
Appearances
28
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 546 of 650
70
-55.8 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 650
Contributions
34
-91.8 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
4 registered categories
2
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
22 of 24 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API