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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.

Photograph of Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith
Lab Hyndburn
vs
Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Sir Mel Stride voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 185 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 182 different votes 185 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
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
10 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 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
10 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 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

61.5 %
11 % below average
Rank 564 of 650
Participation
78.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 244 of 650
346
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,349 eligible divisions
184
53.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
891
48.5 % of votes cast
162
46.8 % of votes cast
No votes
946
51.5 % of votes cast
13
3.8 % 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

50
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
Appearances
29
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 650
67
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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

£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
17
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
4 of 5 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 169 votes
Defence
24 of 33 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
Trade
73 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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