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Sir Mel Stride vs Andrew Bowie

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Andrew Bowie voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,449 shared comparable votes.

1,443 same votes 6 different votes 1,449 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
68 Aye 111 No
Tax 100% aligned 179 shared votes
68 Aye 111 No
105 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 148 shared votes
105 Aye 43 No
36 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 71 shared votes
36 Aye 35 No
29 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 67 shared votes
29 Aye 38 No
32 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 118 shared votes
55 Aye 63 No
72 Aye 110 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 182 shared votes
73 Aye 109 No
68 Aye 111 No
Tax 100% aligned 179 shared votes
68 Aye 111 No
105 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 148 shared votes
105 Aye 43 No
36 Aye 35 No
Trade 100% aligned 71 shared votes
36 Aye 35 No

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

Voting record

77.7%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 650
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 183 of 650
1,869
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,731
2,150 eligible divisions
906
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
847
48.9% of votes cast
963
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
884
51.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

29
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650
Appearances
73
-15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
47
-107.6 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 650
Contributions
118
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,982,147
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£339,342
50% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 189 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
79 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Trade
85 of 90 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API