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David Smith vs Sir Mel Stride
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
David Smith and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 227 shared comparable votes.
4 same votes
223 different votes
227 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
69.7 %
3 % below average
Participation
78.1 %
5 % above average
401
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
201
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
48.4 % of votes cast
200
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
951
51.6 % of votes cast
14
3.5 % 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
72
-5.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
28
-49.9 vs Commons average
95
-43.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
46
-92.3 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19 % below average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5 % above average
5
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API