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Alistair Strathern vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

329 same votes 0 different votes 329 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
38 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
38 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
38 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
Participation
63.1%
10% below average
Rank 540 of 649
602
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
372
590 eligible divisions
308
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
174
46.8% of votes cast
294
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
198
53.2% 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

66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
Appearances
65
-18.6 vs Commons average
Rank 346 of 650
75
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650
Contributions
547
+401.3 vs Commons average
Rank 15 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API