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Chris McDonald vs Sir Mel Stride

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


Voting alignment

Chris McDonald and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 240 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 237 different votes 240 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 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
18 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
12 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

78.3 %
6 % above average
Rank 239 of 649
Participation
78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 649
450
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
223
49.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
48.4 % of votes cast
227
50.4 % of votes cast
No votes
951
51.6 % of votes cast
10
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

95
+17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
Appearances
28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
408
+269.7 vs Commons average
Rank 33 of 650
Contributions
46
-92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£217,932
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£217,932
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
20
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
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#5
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API