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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Bobby Dean

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Bobby Dean voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 176 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 134 different votes 176 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
5 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 7 No
Housing 29% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
10 Aye 9 No
Education 5% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
27 Aye 13 No
Tax 10% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 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
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 447 of 649
277
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
408
590 eligible divisions
121
43.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
215
52.7% of votes cast
156
56.3% of votes cast
No votes
193
47.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

51
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 650
Appearances
100
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 650
224
+76.3 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650
Contributions
116
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£792,708
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£178,307
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59% below average
Latest expenses
£178,307
21% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
1
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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Tax
63 of 112 votes
#5
Benefits
24 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API