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Sarah Bool vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Sarah Bool
Sarah Bool
Con South Northamptonshire
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Sarah Bool and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 359 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 353 different votes 359 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
36 Aye 59 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
59 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 59 No
Tax 0% aligned 95 shared votes
59 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 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

72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 382 of 650
Participation
79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 224 of 650
399
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
571
723 eligible divisions
171
42.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
292
51.1 % of votes cast
228
57.1 % of votes cast
No votes
279
48.9 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

75
+7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 650
Appearances
59
-8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 312 of 650
88
-32.4 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650
Contributions
68
-52.4 vs Commons average
Rank 398 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£188,791
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£188,791
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31 % above average
14
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
Tax
96 of 108 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Crime / Justice
52 of 61 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#5
Energy
21 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API