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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 112 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 111 different votes 112 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
23 Aye 6 No
Tax 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 6 No
Tax 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

11.4%
60% below average
Rank 639 of 649
Participation
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
270
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,566
2,368 eligible divisions
118
43.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
737
47.1% of votes cast
152
56.3% of votes cast
No votes
829
52.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
28 years, 10 months
Since 6 Nov 1997
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

51
-29.0 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 649
Appearances
8
-72.0 vs Commons average
Rank 621 of 649
224
+84.6 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
Contributions
13
-126.4 vs Commons average
Rank 615 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59% below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
15
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Work / Employment
25 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Defence
20 of 71 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Education
24 of 96 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Housing
15 of 66 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API