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Mike Wood vs Graham Stringer

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

Photograph of Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
vs
Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Graham Stringer voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 1,138 shared comparable votes.

132 same votes 1,006 different votes 1,138 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
37 Aye 54 No
Brexit / EU 55% aligned 91 shared votes
42 Aye 49 No
29 Aye 20 No
Transport 10% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 28 No
Trade 10% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 15 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 24 No
Defence 7% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

86.3%
14% above average
Rank 70 of 649
Participation
57.7%
15% below average
Rank 592 of 649
2,047
2,373 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,370
2,373 eligible divisions
985
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
685
50.0% of votes cast
1,062
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
685
50.0% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
113
8.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

108
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
Appearances
55
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 649
140
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 207 of 649
Contributions
43
-97.6 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£160,334
29% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Migration
123 of 171 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#4
Housing
44 of 66 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#5
Defence
47 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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