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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 222 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 218 different votes 222 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
21 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

69.3 %
3 % below average
Rank 446 of 650
Participation
78.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 244 of 650
390
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,349 eligible divisions
194
49.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
891
48.5 % of votes cast
196
50.3 % of votes cast
No votes
946
51.5 % of votes cast
14
3.6 % 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

60
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
Appearances
29
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 650
77
-48.8 vs Commons average
Rank 368 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

£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
17
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

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