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Saqib Bhatti vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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

Photograph of Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East
vs
Photograph of Mr Douglas Alexander
Mr Douglas Alexander
Lab Lothian East

Voting alignment

Saqib Bhatti and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 156 shared comparable votes.

1 same votes 155 different votes 156 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
12 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
31 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 43 shared votes
31 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

81.9 %
9 % above average
Rank 174 of 648
Participation
45.8 %
27 % below average
Rank 626 of 648
1,305
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
241
526 eligible divisions
643
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
109
45.2 % of votes cast
662
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
132
54.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
+1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 648
Appearances
22
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 648
86
-22.9 vs Commons average
Rank 288 of 648
Contributions
118
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£271,361
20 % above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59 % below average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Trade
3 of 4 votes
Trade
47 of 50 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
Migration
142 of 152 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
4 of 6 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
#4
Work / Employment
23 of 37 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 votes
#5
Tax
62 of 108 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 41B 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Defence 24 Mar 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API