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Mark Garnier vs Alistair Strathern

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

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Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 457 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 429 different votes 457 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 1 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
21 Aye 12 No
Migration 12% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
3 Aye 18 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
50 Aye 38 No
8 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 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

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
4
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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 65 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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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