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Mr Paul Foster vs Alistair Strathern

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


Voting alignment

Mr Paul Foster and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 464 shared comparable votes.

456 same votes 8 different votes 464 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
58 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
58 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 26 No
Tax 100% aligned 84 shared votes
58 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

82.1%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 650
520
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
638
802 eligible divisions
262
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
328
51.4% of votes cast
258
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
310
48.6% of votes cast
8
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

52
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
Appearances
88
-6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
90
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Contributions
100
-64.6 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,848
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£194,848
14% below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Energy
24 of 25 votes
Transport
31 of 32 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API