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Sarah Smith vs Sir Mel Stride

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 197 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 192 different votes 197 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
1 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
19 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 1 No
Benefits 0% aligned 11 shared votes
1 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
896
48.4% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
954
51.6% of votes cast
14
3.8% 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

64
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 393 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

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£236,671
5% above average
2
2 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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Trade
75 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API