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Chris Law vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 98 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 60 different votes 98 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
3 Aye 1 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
13 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 72% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Energy 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 23 No
Tax 20% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
1 Aye 3 No
Energy 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 3 No
Migration 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 70% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

51.5%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 649
Participation
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
1,223
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
674
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
121
43.7% of votes cast
549
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
156
56.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650
Appearances
51
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
64
-81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
Contributions
224
+78.3 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#5
Tax
63 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API