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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.


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Andrew Pakes voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 258 different votes 261 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
29 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
4 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
4 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 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
71.9%
1% below average
Rank 384 of 650
1,869
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
445
619 eligible divisions
906
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
212
47.6% of votes cast
963
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
233
52.4% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.9% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650
Appearances
82
-6.8 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
47
-107.6 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 650
Contributions
100
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 360 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
£183,832
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£183,832
19% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API