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Alistair Strathern vs Helen Grant

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 Helen Grant
Helen Grant
Con Maidstone and Malling

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Helen Grant voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 354 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 342 different votes 354 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
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 27 No
Migration 12% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 6 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 6 No
Transport 7% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
28 Aye 49 No
13 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 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 219 of 649
Participation
73.8 %
1 % above average
Rank 338 of 649
589
744 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,742
2,361 eligible divisions
304
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
821
47.1 % of votes cast
285
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
921
52.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

61
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
Appearances
18
-59.6 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 649
70
-67.6 vs Commons average
Rank 423 of 649
Contributions
31
-106.6 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,650,269
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£276,159
22 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
6 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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
54 of 60 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
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
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