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Mike Wood vs Heidi Alexander

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

Photograph of Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
vs
Photograph of Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 509 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 498 different votes 509 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
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 4 No
Migration 8% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 63 No
Tax 0% aligned 98 shared votes
63 Aye 35 No
9 Aye 40 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 49 shared votes
40 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
27 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 68 of 650
Participation
63.2%
9% below average
Rank 540 of 650
2,074
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
391
619 eligible divisions
1,001
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
184
47.1% of votes cast
1,073
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
207
52.9% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

128
+38.0 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Appearances
64
-26.0 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 650
184
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
Contributions
512
+355.4 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
5
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
79 of 82 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 30 votes
Trade
87 of 94 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Housing
61 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Highways (Financing) Bill: Second Reading: Reasoned Amendment 15 Oct 2026
No
No
Draft ACAS Code of Practice on Time Off for Trade Union Duties and Activities 14 Oct 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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Aye
Investigatory Powers Bill Third Reading 7 Jun 2016
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety
Aye
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