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Sir Mel Stride vs Angela Rayner

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 Angela Rayner
Angela Rayner
Lab Ashton-under-Lyne

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Angela Rayner voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,320 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,256 different votes 1,320 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
64 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 167 shared votes
106 Aye 61 No
15 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 27 No
Education 5% aligned 38 shared votes
29 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 16 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
29 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 20 No
Energy 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 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
66.4%
6% below average
Rank 495 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,577
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
878
55.7% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
699
44.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
28
-54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
357
+213.5 vs Commons average
Rank 44 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
£1,886,725
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£219,458
3% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
25
4 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Work / Employment
59 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Enforcement etc.) Regulations 2023 13 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
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