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Lauren Edwards vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Lauren Edwards
Lauren Edwards
Lab Rochester and Strood
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Lauren Edwards and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 418 shared comparable votes.

418 same votes 0 different votes 418 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 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
52 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 93 shared votes
52 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 12 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

87.0 %
14 % above average
Rank 66 of 647
Participation
79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 224 of 647
467
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
559
706 eligible divisions
239
51.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
290
51.9 % of votes cast
228
48.8 % of votes cast
No votes
269
48.1 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

35
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 647
Appearances
52
-11.6 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 647
41
-72.8 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 647
Contributions
61
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 413 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£133,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41 % below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
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

Defence
22 of 22 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
Migration
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Energy
21 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API