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Sir Mel Stride vs Andrew Western

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Andrew Western voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 432 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 412 different votes 432 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
5 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
41 Aye 19 No
Migration 5% aligned 60 shared votes
16 Aye 44 No
18 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 13 No
Energy 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 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
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
712
973 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
348
48.9% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
364
51.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
Appearances
45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 649
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 649
Contributions
298
+152.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 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
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 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