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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Saqib Bhatti

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

Photograph of Mr Douglas Alexander
Mr Douglas Alexander
Lab Lothian East
vs
Photograph of Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 156 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 155 different votes 156 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
31 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
12 Aye 31 No
16 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 12 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
12 Aye 31 No
16 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

45.8 %
27 % below average
Rank 626 of 648
Participation
81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 174 of 648
241
526 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,305
1,594 eligible divisions
109
45.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
643
49.3 % of votes cast
132
54.8 % of votes cast
No votes
662
50.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

22
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 648
Appearances
63
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 648
118
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 648
Contributions
87
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£792,708
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59 % below average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
0
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
3 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
#2
Trade
47 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
4 of 6 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 152 votes
Work / Employment
23 of 37 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Tax
62 of 108 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API