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Mr James Frith vs Sir Mel Stride

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

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Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North
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Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon

Voting alignment

Mr James Frith and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 569 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 546 different votes 569 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
3 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
69 Aye 37 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 106 shared votes
35 Aye 71 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
39 Aye 57 No
16 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
Participation
77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
446
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
219
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
896
48.4% of votes cast
227
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
954
51.6% of votes cast
11
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

31
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 649
Contributions
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£817,882
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£210,945
7% below average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
27
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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Education
46 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
75 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2019
Aye
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Amdt 1 - Main 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee NC4 - Cash 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
Mr Fysh's motion O (Contingent preferential arrangements) 27 Mar 2019
No
Aye
Draft Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education and Health Education (England) Regulations 2019 27 Mar 2019
Education
Aye
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