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Matt Rodda vs Sir Mel Stride

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

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Matt Rodda
Lab Reading Central
vs
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Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon

Voting alignment

Matt Rodda and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,341 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,283 different votes 1,341 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
18 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 11 No
Education 5% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
95 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 157 shared votes
62 Aye 95 No
63 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 125 shared votes
64 Aye 61 No
37 Aye 99 No
Migration 3% aligned 136 shared votes
97 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
35 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
18 Aye 35 No
26 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
26 Aye 15 No
Benefits 0% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

81.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 168 of 649
Participation
78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 649
1,720
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
941
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
48.4 % of votes cast
779
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
951
51.6 % of votes cast
14
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

81
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
Appearances
28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
101
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Contributions
46
-92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,641,237
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£254,181
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
20
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Housing
51 of 54 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Education
70 of 76 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 73 votes
#5
Trade
75 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sep 2023
Aye
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