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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.

Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Alex Burghart voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 417 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 407 different votes 417 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
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 28 No
Migration 11% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 10 No
Transport 6% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
27 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
55 Aye 33 No
Tax 1% aligned 88 shared votes
32 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

78.8 %
6 % above average
Rank 230 of 647
Participation
85.3 %
12 % above average
Rank 92 of 647
564
716 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,773
2,078 eligible divisions
291
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
855
48.2 % of votes cast
273
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
918
51.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

57
-9.2 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Appearances
64
-2.2 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
66
-51.8 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 650
Contributions
109
-8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 223 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
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
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
8 of 8 votes
#2
Migration
154 of 161 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 40 votes
Energy
21 of 22 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 64 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
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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Voting source Commons Votes API