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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Alex Burghart

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

Photograph of Mr Douglas Alexander
Mr Douglas Alexander
Lab Lothian East
vs
Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar

Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Alex Burghart voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 148 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 147 different votes 148 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
27 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
6 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
6 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

45.8 %
27 % below average
Rank 626 of 648
Participation
85.5 %
12 % above average
Rank 102 of 648
241
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,758
2,057 eligible divisions
109
45.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
844
48.0 % of votes cast
132
54.8 % of votes cast
No votes
914
52.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

22
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 648
Appearances
58
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 648
118
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 648
Contributions
103
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£792,708
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59 % below average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10 % below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
3 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
154 of 161 votes
Environment / Climate
4 of 6 votes
#3
Trade
80 of 84 votes
Work / Employment
23 of 37 votes
#4
Defence
55 of 59 votes
Tax
62 of 108 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 40 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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