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Sir Mel Stride vs Adam Dance

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Adam Dance voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 227 shared comparable votes.

185 same votes 42 different votes 227 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 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 12 No
Education 95% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 28 No
Tax 94% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
3 Aye 10 No
Benefits 92% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
Participation
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 391 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
422
590 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
222
52.6% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
200
47.4% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
Appearances
164
+80.3 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 649
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 649
Contributions
223
+77.1 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£197,730
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£197,730
13% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Education
43 of 50 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Housing
27 of 32 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