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Steve Race vs Alistair Strathern

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

Photograph of Steve Race
Steve Race
Lab Exeter
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Steve Race and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 480 shared comparable votes.

480 same votes 0 different votes 480 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
53 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
53 Aye 36 No
30 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 89 shared votes
53 Aye 36 No
30 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

85.2%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 209 of 650
534
627 eligible divisions
Total votes
633
796 eligible divisions
281
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
326
51.5% of votes cast
253
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
307
48.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

106
+12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
Appearances
87
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650
122
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
99
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,803
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£194,803
14% below average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
12 of 12 votes
Transport
30 of 30 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Energy
24 of 25 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API