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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 117 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 116 different votes 117 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

44.7%
28% below average
Rank 630 of 650
Participation
65.7%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 650
277
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,405 eligible divisions
121
43.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
747
47.2% of votes cast
156
56.3% of votes cast
No votes
834
52.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

48
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 650
Appearances
15
-75.0 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 650
209
+52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 650
Contributions
23
-133.6 vs Commons average
Rank 606 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59% below average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
16
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

Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
Trade
6 of 10 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
25 of 42 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 94 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Tax
63 of 114 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API