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Shivani Raja vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Shivani Raja
Shivani Raja
Con Leicester East
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Shivani Raja and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 322 different votes 330 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 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
47 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
374
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
187
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
187
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

16
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 649
Appearances
66
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
18
-127.9 vs Commons average
Rank 612 of 649
Contributions
75
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£205,066
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£205,066
9% below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
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

Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Defence
29 of 34 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Transport
22 of 29 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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: 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 145 7 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 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
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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