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Alistair Strathern vs Michelle Welsh

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 Michelle Welsh
Michelle Welsh
Lab Sherwood Forest

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 403 shared comparable votes.

403 same votes 0 different votes 403 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 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
59 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
59 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 94 shared votes
59 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 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
84.7 %
12 % above average
Rank 113 of 647
559
706 eligible divisions
Total votes
455
537 eligible divisions
290
51.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
237
52.1 % of votes cast
269
48.1 % of votes cast
No votes
218
47.9 % 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
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 647
Appearances
37
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 647
61
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 647
Contributions
45
-68.6 vs Commons average
Rank 491 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
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
#2
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Energy
21 of 22 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API