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Chris Bryant vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Chris Bryant
Chris Bryant
Lab Rhondda and Ogmore
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Chris Bryant and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

320 same votes 0 different votes 320 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
46 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
46 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
46 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 24 No
Migration 100% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 7 No
Housing 100% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

66.0%
7% below average
Rank 501 of 649
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
1,567
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
891
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
676
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

84
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
Appearances
66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
452
+306.3 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 650
Contributions
75
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,807,799
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£277,046
22% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
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
65 of 69 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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