Compare

Sarah Pochin vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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 Mr Douglas Alexander
Mr Douglas Alexander
Lab Lothian East

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 120 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 105 different votes 120 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
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Housing 14% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
14 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

57.9%
15% below average
Rank 588 of 649
Participation
46.8%
26% below average
Rank 626 of 649
232
401 eligible divisions
Total votes
275
587 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
119
43.3% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
156
56.7% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

99
+18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
Appearances
51
-29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 649
119
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 649
Contributions
224
+83.4 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Housing
22 of 24 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Tax
63 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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