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Graham Stringer vs Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

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
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Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
Lab Erith and Thamesmead

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Ms Abena Oppong-Asare voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 841 shared comparable votes.

831 same votes 10 different votes 841 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
67 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 113 shared votes
67 Aye 46 No
49 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 112 shared votes
49 Aye 63 No
28 Aye 83 No
Migration 100% aligned 111 shared votes
28 Aye 83 No
8 Aye 28 No
Transport 100% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 88% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 24 No
Defence 93% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
8 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
67 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 113 shared votes
67 Aye 46 No
49 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 112 shared votes
49 Aye 63 No

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

Voting record

57.8 %
15 % below average
Rank 590 of 649
Participation
76.1 %
3 % above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,364
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,250
1,643 eligible divisions
683
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
668
53.4 % of votes cast
681
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
582
46.6 % of votes cast
112
8.2 % of votes cast
Against party
12
1.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

58
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
Appearances
13
-64.9 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 650
42
-96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 650
Contributions
13
-125.3 vs Commons average
Rank 612 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
£1,232,393
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29 % below average
Latest expenses
£288,312
27 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
139 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 70 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
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill Committee: Amendment 4 30 Jan 2023
Work / Employment
Aye
No rebel
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
No rebel
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
Aye
No rebel
Coronavirus Act 2020 (Review of Temporary Provisions) (No.2) 25 Mar 2021
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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