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Mike Martin vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Mike Martin and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 162 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 124 different votes 162 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
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 1 No
Benefits 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 18% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 17% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 9 No
Education 5% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 586 of 649
Participation
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
342
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
191
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
121
43.7% of votes cast
151
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
156
56.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

114
+29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Appearances
51
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 650
150
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650
Contributions
224
+76.3 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£164,314
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£164,314
27% below average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
41
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Tax
63 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API