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Mike Reader vs Sir Mel Stride

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

Photograph of Mike Reader
Mike Reader
Lab Northampton South
vs
Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon

Voting alignment

Mike Reader and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 246 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 244 different votes 246 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
21 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
33 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
11 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
0 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
11 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
0 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

72.5 %
same as average
Rank 376 of 650
Participation
78.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 244 of 650
408
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,349 eligible divisions
217
53.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
891
48.5 % of votes cast
191
46.8 % of votes cast
No votes
946
51.5 % of votes cast
11
2.7 % 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

58
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 650
Appearances
29
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 650
82
-43.8 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
Contributions
48
-77.8 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£208,618
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£208,618
8 % below average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5 % above average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
17
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 169 votes
Migration
10 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Trade
73 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
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
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