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Alistair Strathern vs Jim Dickson

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 Jim Dickson
Jim Dickson
Lab Dartford

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Jim Dickson voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 487 shared comparable votes.

487 same votes 0 different votes 487 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
59 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
59 Aye 41 No
25 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
59 Aye 41 No
25 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 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 211 of 650
Participation
88.9%
16% above average
Rank 29 of 650
626
789 eligible divisions
Total votes
551
620 eligible divisions
319
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
47.7% of votes cast
307
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
288
52.3% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

87
-6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650
Appearances
176
+82.1 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 650
99
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650
Contributions
211
+47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 157 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
£172,033
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£172,033
24% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#3
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#5
Education
47 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
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
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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