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Alistair Strathern vs Rebecca Paul

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 Rebecca Paul
Rebecca Paul
Con Reigate

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 319 different votes 325 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 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 4 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
2 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
14 Aye 19 No
41 Aye 29 No
Tax 1% aligned 70 shared votes
28 Aye 42 No
14 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 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
78.7 %
6 % above average
Rank 233 of 650
575
727 eligible divisions
Total votes
439
558 eligible divisions
296
51.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
196
44.6 % of votes cast
279
48.5 % of votes cast
No votes
243
55.4 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Appearances
84
+13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 650
71
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 650
Contributions
128
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 195 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
34 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Defence
29 of 33 votes
Energy
21 of 22 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API