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Alistair Strathern vs Stuart Anderson

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

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Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
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Stuart Anderson
Con South Shropshire

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Stuart Anderson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 406 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 393 different votes 406 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 0 No
Environment / Climate 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 24 No
Migration 10% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 5 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
31 Aye 54 No
20 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 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
76.0%
3% above average
Rank 286 of 649
602
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,260
1,658 eligible divisions
308
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
607
48.2% of votes cast
294
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
653
51.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% 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
64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 349 of 649
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 649
Contributions
110
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 309 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
£1,320,074
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31% above average
Latest expenses
£303,089
34% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
Energy
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
145 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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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
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