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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Victoria Atkins

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 Victoria Atkins
Victoria Atkins
Con Louth and Horncastle

Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Victoria Atkins voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 150 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 149 different votes 150 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
34 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
19 Aye 34 No
18 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
19 Aye 34 No
18 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

46.1 %
27 % below average
Rank 626 of 649
Participation
81.2 %
9 % above average
Rank 176 of 649
265
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,918
2,361 eligible divisions
117
44.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
925
48.2 % of votes cast
148
55.8 % of votes cast
No votes
993
51.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

46
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
20
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 650
204
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 650
Contributions
32
-106.3 vs Commons average
Rank 559 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
£1,703,387
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59 % below average
Latest expenses
£241,610
7 % above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Tax
62 of 111 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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