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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Ian Roome

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Ian Roome voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 171 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 131 different votes 171 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 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 4 No
Housing 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 11 No
Education 5% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 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
54.2%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 649
277
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
320
590 eligible divisions
121
43.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
178
55.6% of votes cast
156
56.3% of votes cast
No votes
142
44.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
96
+11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 650
224
+76.3 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650
Contributions
122
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 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
£156,328
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59% below average
Latest expenses
£156,328
31% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Tax
63 of 112 votes
#5
Education
35 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API