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Harriet Cross vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Harriet Cross
Harriet Cross
Con Gordon and Buchan
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Harriet Cross and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 363 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 355 different votes 363 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
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 51 No
Tax 1% aligned 83 shared votes
50 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

72.3%
same as average
Rank 374 of 650
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 211 of 650
448
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
626
789 eligible divisions
213
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
319
51.0% of votes cast
235
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
307
49.0% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

117
+24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 650
Appearances
85
-8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 286 of 650
202
+40.0 vs Commons average
Rank 163 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

£178,612
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£178,612
21% below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
Tax
99 of 114 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Energy
24 of 25 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 66 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 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
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API