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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 190 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 187 different votes 190 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
11 Aye 4 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 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

62.1 %
11 % below average
Rank 554 of 649
Participation
78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 649
357
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
191
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
48.4 % of votes cast
166
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
951
51.6 % of votes cast
13
3.6 % 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

62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
Appearances
28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
79
-59.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 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

£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
20
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
Tax
80 of 111 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
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
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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