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Jayne Kirkham vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Jayne Kirkham
Jayne Kirkham
Lab Truro and Falmouth
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Jayne Kirkham and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 424 shared comparable votes.

424 same votes 0 different votes 424 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
52 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
52 Aye 39 No
27 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
52 Aye 39 No
27 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 48 shared votes
27 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 21 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

82.5%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 649
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
487
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
245
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
242
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

210
+127.7 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649
Appearances
64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
255
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
Contributions
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£143,536
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£143,536
37% below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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