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Lewis Cocking vs Heidi Alexander

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

Photograph of Lewis Cocking
Lewis Cocking
Con Broxbourne
vs
Photograph of Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Lewis Cocking and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 292 different votes 298 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
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Migration 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
36 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
36 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
5% above average
Rank 246 of 649
Participation
63.1%
10% below average
Rank 540 of 649
460
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
372
590 eligible divisions
211
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
174
46.8% of votes cast
249
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
198
53.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 130 of 649
Appearances
65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Contributions
547
+403.5 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£181,438
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£181,438
20% below average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
4 of 4 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 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
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
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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