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Julia Lopez vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Julia Lopez and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 443 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 433 different votes 443 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
22 Aye 11 No
Migration 12% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
6 Aye 18 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 9 No
Transport 5% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 68 No
Tax 0% aligned 107 shared votes
68 Aye 39 No
8 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

83.3%
12% above average
Rank 125 of 649
Participation
79.2%
8% above average
Rank 213 of 649
1,761
2,113 eligible divisions
Total votes
595
751 eligible divisions
844
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
305
51.3% of votes cast
917
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
290
48.7% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

29
-51.0 vs Commons average
Rank 553 of 649
Appearances
57
-23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 649
37
-102.4 vs Commons average
Rank 548 of 649
Contributions
64
-75.4 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£227,011
same as average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Migration
151 of 163 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Trade
79 of 87 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Tax
251 of 288 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
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
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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