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Alistair Strathern vs Alison Bennett

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 Alison Bennett
Alison Bennett
LD Mid Sussex

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Alison Bennett voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 300 different votes 377 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 4 No
Energy 62% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 56% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
17 Aye 9 No
Housing 27% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 30 No
Tax 4% aligned 80 shared votes
33 Aye 47 No
15 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 16 No
Education 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 11 No
Transport 6% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 14% 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%
7% above average
Rank 215 of 650
Participation
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 401 of 650
610
770 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
601 eligible divisions
313
51.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
53.6% of votes cast
297
48.7% of votes cast
No votes
198
46.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

69
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
Appearances
142
+56.4 vs Commons average
Rank 88 of 650
78
-71.1 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 650
Contributions
164
+14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£141,775
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£141,775
37% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
15 of 16 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Third Reading 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 18 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: Amendment 1 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill Report Stage: New Clause 25 13 Oct 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
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