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Fred Thomas vs Sir Mel Stride

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


Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 220 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 216 different votes 220 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
31 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
13 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 17 shared votes
2 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
1 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

68.5 %
4 % below average
Rank 458 of 649
Participation
78.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 242 of 649
389
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,841
2,354 eligible divisions
228
58.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
48.5 % of votes cast
161
41.4 % of votes cast
No votes
949
51.5 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % 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

40
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
Appearances
28
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 546 of 649
52
-80.7 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 649
Contributions
45
-87.7 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5 % above average
8
4 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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 169 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Tax
90 of 111 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Trade
73 of 89 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API