Compare

Mrs Elsie Blundell vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Mrs Elsie Blundell
Mrs Elsie Blundell
Lab Heywood and Middleton North
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Mrs Elsie Blundell and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 461 shared comparable votes.

451 same votes 10 different votes 461 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
64 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
64 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
64 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 105 shared votes
64 Aye 41 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

82.8%
10% above average
Rank 137 of 650
Participation
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 650
524
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
638
802 eligible divisions
259
49.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
328
51.4% of votes cast
265
50.6% of votes cast
No votes
310
48.6% of votes cast
10
1.9% 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

73
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
Appearances
88
-6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
101
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 380 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

£161,906
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£161,906
28% below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Energy
24 of 25 votes
Transport
30 of 32 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API