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Graham Stringer vs Shivani Raja

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 Shivani Raja
Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Shivani Raja voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 213 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 191 different votes 213 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
8 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 18 No
Defence 12% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
29 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
15% below average
Rank 589 of 649
Participation
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
1,372
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
685
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
687
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
115
8.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

56
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 649
Appearances
16
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 605 of 649
44
-98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 528 of 649
Contributions
18
-124.3 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
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
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Housing
44 of 67 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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