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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 252 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 246 different votes 252 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
20 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
27 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

71.9%
1% below average
Rank 381 of 649
Participation
77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
424
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
213
50.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
896
48.4% of votes cast
211
49.8% of votes cast
No votes
954
51.6% of votes cast
16
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

69
-12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 313 of 649
Appearances
29
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 649
146
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 649
Contributions
47
-95.3 vs Commons average
Rank 512 of 649

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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
75 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API