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Gerald Jones vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Gerald Jones
Gerald Jones
Lab Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Gerald Jones and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 440 shared comparable votes.

440 same votes 0 different votes 440 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
51 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
51 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 37 shared votes
9 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 79 shared votes
51 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 37 shared votes
9 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

81.0 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 648
Participation
79.4 %
6 % above average
Rank 229 of 648
1,873
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
552
695 eligible divisions
1,056
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
289
52.4 % of votes cast
817
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
263
47.6 % of votes cast
2
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

18
-42.4 vs Commons average
Rank 583 of 648
Appearances
54
-6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 648
22
-86.9 vs Commons average
Rank 584 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

£2,070,048
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£278,380
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31 % above average
2
2 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
68 of 69 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Transport
78 of 87 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 25 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
58 of 66 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