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Paul Holmes vs Alistair Strathern

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

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Paul Holmes
Con Hamble Valley
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 415 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 404 different votes 415 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
3 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 13 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 11 No
Migration 9% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 7 No
Transport 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
23 Aye 32 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 85 shared votes
52 Aye 33 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

85.2 %
13 % above average
Rank 94 of 649
Participation
79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 223 of 649
1,396
1,638 eligible divisions
Total votes
584
739 eligible divisions
692
49.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
302
51.7 % of votes cast
704
50.4 % of votes cast
No votes
282
48.3 % of votes cast
4
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

96
+20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 649
Appearances
62
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 649
377
+243.2 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 649
Contributions
71
-62.8 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4 % above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Work / Employment
62 of 65 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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