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Sir Mel Stride vs Andrew Pakes

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

Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
vs
Photograph of Andrew Pakes
Andrew Pakes
Lab Peterborough

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Andrew Pakes voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 206 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 204 different votes 206 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
27 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
4 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
22 Aye 27 No
4 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 13 shared votes
12 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

78.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 648
Participation
69.0 %
4 % below average
Rank 456 of 648
1,810
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
363
526 eligible divisions
874
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
184
50.7 % of votes cast
936
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
179
49.3 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
11
3.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 648
Appearances
57
-3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 648
Contributions
66
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£183,790
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£183,790
19 % below average
11
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
1
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Migration
157 of 169 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Transport
18 of 21 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Work / Employment
31 of 37 votes
Energy
55 of 67 votes
#5
Defence
18 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 359 and 439 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendments (a) to (d) in lieu of Lords Amendment 11 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: Amendment (a) to Amendment 2B and Amendment (b) to Amendment 2C in lieu of Lords Amendments 2D and 2E 20 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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