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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Gill Furniss

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Gill Furniss voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 208 shared comparable votes.

202 same votes 6 different votes 208 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
35 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 19 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
35 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 100% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 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
71.2%
1% below average
Rank 396 of 650
283
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,689
2,371 eligible divisions
124
43.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
55.1% of votes cast
159
56.2% of votes cast
No votes
758
44.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
10 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

54
-43.0 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 650
Appearances
40
-57.0 vs Commons average
Rank 547 of 650
241
+71.8 vs Commons average
Rank 126 of 650
Contributions
36
-133.2 vs Commons average
Rank 585 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
£2,125,000
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59% below average
Latest expenses
£322,640
43% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Trade
6 of 10 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
181 of 212 votes
Work / Employment
25 of 42 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
68 of 82 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Housing
52 of 63 votes
Tax
64 of 122 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API