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Dr Scott Arthur vs Sir Mel Stride

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


Voting alignment

Dr Scott Arthur and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 281 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 277 different votes 281 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
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
24 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
28 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 3 No
Benefits 0% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 154 of 649
Participation
77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
485
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
237
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
896
48.4% of votes cast
248
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
954
51.6% of votes cast
12
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

182
+98.3 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
286
+140.1 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 649
Contributions
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£173,383
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£173,383
23% below average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
27
6 registered categories
1
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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
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