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Alistair Strathern vs Rachel Blake

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Rachel Blake voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 410 shared comparable votes.

408 same votes 2 different votes 410 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
57 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
57 Aye 34 No
18 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
57 Aye 34 No
18 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 222 of 650
Participation
83.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 131 of 650
575
727 eligible divisions
Total votes
466
558 eligible divisions
296
51.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
239
51.3 % of votes cast
279
48.5 % of votes cast
No votes
227
48.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 650
Appearances
66
-4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
70
-54.8 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 650
Contributions
100
-24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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
£172,923
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£172,923
24 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Energy
21 of 22 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API