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Brian Mathew vs Alistair Strathern

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 281 different votes 328 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
6 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 57% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 4% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 3 No
Transport 7% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 14 No
Benefits 12% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

65.5%
6% below average
Rank 497 of 649
Participation
79.2%
8% above average
Rank 213 of 649
381
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
595
751 eligible divisions
193
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
305
51.3% of votes cast
188
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
290
48.7% of votes cast
11
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

82
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Appearances
57
-22.6 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
92
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Contributions
64
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API