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Brian Leishman vs Sir Mel Stride

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


Voting alignment

Brian Leishman and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 243 different votes 249 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
1 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 4 No
Benefits 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
32 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

73.9%
1% above average
Rank 334 of 649
Participation
77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
436
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
194
44.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
896
48.4% of votes cast
242
55.5% of votes cast
No votes
954
51.6% of votes cast
23
5.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

141
+57.3 vs Commons average
Rank 84 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
158
+12.1 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 649
Contributions
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£182,647
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£182,647
19% below average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
27
6 registered categories
0
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

NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Tax
95 of 112 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#5
Trade
75 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API