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Dr Sam Rushworth vs Sir Mel Stride
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Dr Sam Rushworth and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.
6 same votes
265 different votes
271 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
72.7%
same as average
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
451
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,869
2,406 eligible divisions
225
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
906
48.5% of votes cast
226
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
963
51.5% of votes cast
16
3.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
75
-15.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
29
-61.0 vs Commons average
153
-3.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
47
-109.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£212,044
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£212,044
6% below average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5% above average
4
3 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
21 Oct 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API