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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 420 shared comparable votes.

420 same votes 0 different votes 420 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 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
53 Aye 33 No
29 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
53 Aye 33 No
29 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 31 shared votes
21 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

86.4 %
13 % above average
Rank 78 of 647
Participation
79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 224 of 647
464
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
559
706 eligible divisions
254
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
290
51.9 % of votes cast
210
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
269
48.1 % 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, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

66
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 647
Appearances
52
-10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 647
78
-34.0 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 647
Contributions
61
-51.0 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 647

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
1
1 registered category
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
25 of 25 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#5
Energy
21 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API