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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.


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 428 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 415 different votes 428 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
6 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 7 No
Transport 6% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 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

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Appearances
64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
385
+241.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
Contributions
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API