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Alistair Strathern vs Alex Burghart

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

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Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
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Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Alex Burghart voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 439 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 429 different votes 439 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
7 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 28 No
Migration 11% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 12 No
Transport 5% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
27 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
55 Aye 35 No
Tax 1% aligned 90 shared votes
34 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 219 of 649
Participation
85.3 %
13 % above average
Rank 91 of 649
589
744 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,796
2,106 eligible divisions
304
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
865
48.2 % of votes cast
285
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
931
51.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650
Appearances
76
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 650
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
Contributions
132
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 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
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 40 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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