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Sir Mel Stride vs Andy McDonald

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Andy McDonald voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,408 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,337 different votes 1,408 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
11 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
69 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 176 shared votes
110 Aye 66 No
68 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 134 shared votes
72 Aye 62 No
7 Aye 16 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 34 No
Education 4% aligned 50 shared votes
36 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
23 Aye 32 No
30 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 23 No
Energy 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API