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Gregory Stafford vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Gregory Stafford and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 365 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 357 different votes 365 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
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 12 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
34 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
52 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
52 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

76.5%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 650
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 211 of 650
474
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
626
789 eligible divisions
222
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
319
51.0% of votes cast
252
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
307
49.0% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

160
+67.0 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Appearances
85
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
305
+143.0 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 650
Contributions
96
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£192,386
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£192,386
15% below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
5
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

Tax
102 of 114 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
Crime / Justice
57 of 66 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Work / Employment
36 of 42 votes
#4
Energy
24 of 25 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
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
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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