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Charlie Dewhirst vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Charlie Dewhirst
Charlie Dewhirst
Con Bridlington and The Wolds
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Charlie Dewhirst and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 341 different votes 349 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 17 No
Benefits 13% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
22 Aye 16 No
35 Aye 59 No
Tax 0% aligned 94 shared votes
59 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 59 No
Tax 0% aligned 94 shared votes
59 Aye 35 No
12 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 506 of 649
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
388
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
169
43.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
219
56.4% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
1
0.3% 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

89
+7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 649
Appearances
61
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 649
107
-35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 311 of 649
Contributions
70
-72.3 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£184,765
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£184,765
18% 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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Education
40 of 50 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 3 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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