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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Alan Mak

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Alan Mak voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 197 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 193 different votes 197 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
2 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
38 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
19 Aye 38 No
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
19 Aye 38 No
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
Participation
85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
277
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
121
43.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
960
47.4% of votes cast
156
56.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

51
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 438 of 649
Appearances
24
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 103 of 649
Contributions
27
-116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£792,708
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59% below average
Latest expenses
£292,278
29% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
23
7 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
#3
Trade
84 of 91 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Tax
63 of 112 votes
#5
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API