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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Dave Robertson

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Dave Robertson voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

251 same votes 4 different votes 255 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
37 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 22 No
Tax 100% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

44.5%
28% below average
Rank 630 of 650
Participation
87.1%
15% above average
Rank 53 of 650
283
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
554
636 eligible divisions
124
43.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
298
53.8% of votes cast
159
56.2% of votes cast
No votes
256
46.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

54
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
Appearances
140
+44.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
241
+73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 650
Contributions
182
+14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 194 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
£212,620
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59% below average
Latest expenses
£212,620
6% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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

Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#1
Housing
33 of 33 votes
Trade
6 of 10 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Work / Employment
25 of 42 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Tax
64 of 122 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API