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Alistair Strathern vs Rachel Hopkins

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 Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Hopkins
Lab Luton South and South Bedfordshire

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Rachel Hopkins voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 544 shared comparable votes.

544 same votes 0 different votes 544 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
69 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 109 shared votes
69 Aye 40 No
35 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 62 shared votes
35 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 39 shared votes
10 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
69 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 109 shared votes
69 Aye 40 No
35 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 62 shared votes
35 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 29 No
Migration 100% aligned 39 shared votes
10 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 224 of 647
Participation
84.5 %
11 % above average
Rank 119 of 647
555
698 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,349
1,597 eligible divisions
289
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
724
53.7 % of votes cast
266
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
625
46.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

54
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 647
Appearances
77
+15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 647
63
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 647
Contributions
92
-19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 261 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
£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£253,152
12 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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
52 of 53 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 25 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
#3
Education
64 of 68 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Migration
141 of 152 votes
Energy
21 of 22 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
46 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
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API