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Elaine Stewart vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Elaine Stewart
Elaine Stewart
Lab Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Elaine Stewart and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

338 same votes 1 different votes 339 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 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
50 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 11 No
Benefits 94% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
50 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 80 shared votes
50 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 20 No
Defence 100% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

61.5%
11% below average
Rank 564 of 649
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
363
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
160
44.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
203
55.9% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

26
-57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 649
Appearances
66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
36
-109.9 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
Contributions
75
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£207,074
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£207,074
8% below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
5
3 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

Energy
16 of 20 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Housing
25 of 32 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Defence
26 of 34 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Crime / Justice
47 of 62 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Tax
81 of 112 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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