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Gregory Stafford vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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 Mr Douglas Alexander
Mr Douglas Alexander
Lab Lothian East

Voting alignment

Gregory Stafford and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 200 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 192 different votes 200 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
2 Aye 3 No
Benefits 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 29% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 34 No
Tax 4% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

75.9%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
Participation
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
448
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
208
46.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
121
43.7% of votes cast
240
53.6% of votes cast
No votes
156
56.3% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

146
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
Appearances
51
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
290
+144.3 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650
Contributions
224
+78.3 vs Commons average
Rank 113 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
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£192,386
15% below average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
5
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

Tax
101 of 112 votes
#1
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
Education
41 of 50 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Energy
16 of 20 votes
#5
Tax
63 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
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
Motion to sit in private 11 Jul 2025
Tax
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API