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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
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Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon

Voting alignment

Mike Reader and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 249 different votes 251 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
12 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
0 Aye 18 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
12 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
18 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
0 Aye 18 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

72.9 %
same as average
Rank 363 of 649
Participation
78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 649
419
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
224
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
48.4 % of votes cast
195
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
951
51.6 % of votes cast
11
2.6 % of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

64
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 331 of 650
Appearances
28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
88
-50.3 vs Commons average
Rank 362 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

£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
13
4 registered categories
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Migration
12 of 13 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
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
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
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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