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Christian Wakeford vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 498 shared comparable votes.

498 same votes 0 different votes 498 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
50 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
50 Aye 36 No
32 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
50 Aye 36 No
32 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

86.1 %
13 % above average
Rank 80 of 649
Participation
79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 219 of 649
1,414
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
589
744 eligible divisions
680
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
304
51.6 % of votes cast
734
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
285
48.4 % of votes cast
9
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

1
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 638 of 650
Appearances
60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650
1
-137.3 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 650
Contributions
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31 % above average
0
0 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
50 of 50 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Defence
69 of 70 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 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
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
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