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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Ed Davey

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Ed Davey voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 129 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 111 different votes 129 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
4 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 6 No
Housing 43% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 7 No
Education 8% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
23 Aye 14 No
Tax 8% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Defence 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
23 Aye 14 No
Tax 8% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

46.8%
26% below average
Rank 626 of 649
Participation
60.1%
12% below average
Rank 573 of 649
274
586 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,273
2,117 eligible divisions
118
43.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
714
56.1% of votes cast
156
56.9% of votes cast
No votes
559
43.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

51
-29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
Appearances
65
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 649
224
+83.5 vs Commons average
Rank 105 of 649
Contributions
107
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 305 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59% below average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
170 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#2
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Tax
63 of 112 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API