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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 366 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 359 different votes 366 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
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
41 Aye 31 No
Tax 1% aligned 72 shared votes
30 Aye 42 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
8 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 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
78.5%
6% above average
Rank 229 of 650
626
789 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
620 eligible divisions
319
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
45.8% of votes cast
307
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
264
54.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

85
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
Appearances
101
+8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
96
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650
Contributions
148
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 245 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
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API