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Alistair Strathern vs Saqib Bhatti

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
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Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 434 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 423 different votes 434 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
2 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 27 No
Migration 11% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 9 No
Transport 5% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
30 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
32 Aye 56 No
25 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
4 Aye 25 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 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 217 of 649
Participation
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 177 of 649
602
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,348
1,658 eligible divisions
308
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
667
49.5% of votes cast
294
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
681
50.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
Appearances
82
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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