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Aphra Brandreth vs Sir Mel Stride

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


Voting alignment

Aphra Brandreth and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 237 shared comparable votes.

235 same votes 2 different votes 237 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
29 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

65.4 %
7 % below average
Rank 509 of 650
Participation
78.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 244 of 650
368
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,349 eligible divisions
173
47.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
891
48.5 % of votes cast
195
53.0 % of votes cast
No votes
946
51.5 % of votes cast
13
3.5 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

69
-1.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 650
Appearances
29
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 650
77
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
Contributions
48
-77.8 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£250,031
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£250,031
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5 % above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
17
6 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
9
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 37 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Tax
79 of 111 votes
#5
Trade
73 of 89 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API