The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Dame Chi Onwurah vs Alan Strickland

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

Photograph of Dame Chi Onwurah
Dame Chi Onwurah
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
vs
Photograph of Alan Strickland
Alan Strickland
Lab Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor

Voting alignment

Dame Chi Onwurah and Alan Strickland voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 397 shared comparable votes.

397 same votes 0 different votes 397 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
29 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
24 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 17 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
Participation
88.1%
16% above average
Rank 42 of 649
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
520
590 eligible divisions
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
260
50.0% of votes cast
807
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
260
50.0% of votes cast
18
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
Appearances
33
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 649
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 649
Contributions
34
-109.5 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£174,611
all imported IPSA years
£303,201
34% above average
Latest expenses
£174,611
23% below average
14
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API