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Graham Stringer vs Ben Coleman

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Ben Coleman
Ben Coleman
Lab Chelsea and Fulham

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Ben Coleman voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

241 same votes 7 different votes 248 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
25 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 4 No
Housing 100% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 100% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 2 No
Benefits 67% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 15 No
Defence 86% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

57.9%
14% below average
Rank 589 of 650
Participation
67.1%
5% below average
Rank 471 of 650
1,402
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
636 eligible divisions
705
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
230
53.9% of votes cast
697
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
197
46.1% of votes cast
115
8.2% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.0% of votes cast
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-31.0 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
Appearances
50
-47.0 vs Commons average
Rank 493 of 650
46
-123.2 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 650
Contributions
87
-82.2 vs Commons average
Rank 441 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£186,638
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£186,638
17% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Transport
65 of 98 votes
#3
Work / Employment
35 of 42 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#4
Benefits
26 of 32 votes
Housing
45 of 68 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 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 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
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