diff --git a/scripts/alertmailer.php b/scripts/alertmailer.php
index 03faba7b63..7766461c92 100644
--- a/scripts/alertmailer.php
+++ b/scripts/alertmailer.php
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ function mlog($message) {
         continue;
     }
     $criteria_raw = $alertitem['criteria'];
+    $include_votes = $alertitem['ignore_speaker_votes'] == 0;
     if (preg_match('#\bOR\b#', $criteria_raw)) {
         $criteria_raw = "($criteria_raw)";
     }
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ function mlog($message) {
     mlog(", hits " . $total_results . ", time " . (getmicrotime() - $start) . "\n");
 
     # Divisions
-    if (preg_match('#^speaker:(\d+)$#', $criteria_raw, $m)) {
+    if ($include_votes && preg_match('#^speaker:(\d+)$#', $criteria_raw, $m)) {
         $pid = $m[1];
         $q = $db->query('SELECT * FROM persondivisionvotes pdv JOIN divisions USING(division_id)
             WHERE person_id=:person_id AND pdv.lastupdate >= :time', [
diff --git a/www/includes/easyparliament/alert.php b/www/includes/easyparliament/alert.php
index 226b6991e6..54f99adc61 100644
--- a/www/includes/easyparliament/alert.php
+++ b/www/includes/easyparliament/alert.php
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ public function fetch($confirmed, $deleted) {
                         criteria,
                         registrationtoken,
                         lang,
+                        ignore_speaker_votes,
                         deleted,
                         confirmed
                         FROM alerts