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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 461 shared comparable votes.

461 same votes 0 different votes 461 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 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
50 Aye 33 No
32 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
50 Aye 33 No
32 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 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

85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 90 of 648
Participation
79.4 %
6 % above average
Rank 229 of 648
1,367
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
552
695 eligible divisions
662
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
289
52.4 % of votes cast
705
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
263
47.6 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

1
-59.4 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 648
Appearances
54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 648
1
-107.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 648
Contributions
63
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 390 of 648

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
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
57 of 58 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 25 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 65 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Energy
21 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API