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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Shockat Adam

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Shockat Adam voted the same way 44% of the time, based on 170 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 96 different votes 170 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
4 Aye 4 No
Transport 75% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 8 No
Defence 62% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
26 Aye 10 No
Tax 56% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 6 No
Education 30% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 33% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 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
59.0%
14% below average
Rank 581 of 649
277
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
348
590 eligible divisions
121
43.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
190
54.6% of votes cast
156
56.3% of votes cast
No votes
158
45.4% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

51
-32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Appearances
188
+104.3 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649
224
+78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 649
Contributions
206
+60.1 vs Commons average
Rank 132 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
£231,212
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59% below average
Latest expenses
£231,212
2% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#2
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
#3
Defence
23 of 34 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
Tax
63 of 112 votes
#5
Education
31 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API