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Alistair Strathern vs Claire Hughes

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 Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Claire Hughes voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 481 shared comparable votes.

481 same votes 0 different votes 481 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
60 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
60 Aye 42 No
28 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
60 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 102 shared votes
60 Aye 42 No
28 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

79.5%
7% above average
Rank 209 of 650
Participation
90.3%
18% above average
Rank 18 of 650
633
796 eligible divisions
Total votes
566
627 eligible divisions
326
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
290
51.2% of votes cast
307
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
276
48.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

87
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650
Appearances
0
-93.6 vs Commons average
Rank 645 of 650
99
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
Contributions
0
-162.9 vs Commons average
Rank 644 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
32 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
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