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Sarah Pochin vs Alan Strickland

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of Alan Strickland
Alan Strickland
Lab Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Alan Strickland voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 188 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 176 different votes 188 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 3 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 1 No
Transport 8% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 17 No
Housing 5% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 18 No
Tax 0% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 598 of 649
Participation
88.2 %
15 % above average
Rank 43 of 649
221
389 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
575 eligible divisions
97
43.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
259
51.1 % of votes cast
124
56.1 % of votes cast
No votes
248
48.9 % of votes cast
7
3.2 % of votes cast
Against party
10
2.0 % of votes cast
1 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

96
+18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
Appearances
32
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 650
115
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 of 650
Contributions
35
-103.3 vs Commons average
Rank 550 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£174,611
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£174,611
23 % below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Housing
22 of 24 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
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