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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 421 shared comparable votes.

421 same votes 0 different votes 421 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 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
60 Aye 39 No
27 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 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 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 99 shared votes
60 Aye 39 No
27 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 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

79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 224 of 647
Participation
90.1 %
17 % above average
Rank 26 of 647
559
706 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
537 eligible divisions
290
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
255
52.7 % of votes cast
269
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
229
47.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

52
-10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 647
Appearances
12
-50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 647
61
-51.0 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 647
Contributions
12
-100.0 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 647

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
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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
Education
49 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Energy
21 of 22 votes
#5
Energy
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API