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Chris Law vs Sir Mel Stride

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


Voting alignment

Chris Law and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,015 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 943 different votes 1,015 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
98 Aye 64 No
Tax 22% aligned 162 shared votes
58 Aye 104 No
6 Aye 12 No
Energy 22% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 22% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
36 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 70 shared votes
40 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
31 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
16 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

51.5%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 649
Participation
77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
1,223
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
674
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
896
48.4% of votes cast
549
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
954
51.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

57
-24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 649
Appearances
29
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 556 of 649
64
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649
Contributions
47
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5% above average
8
4 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Trade
61 of 91 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
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API