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Sir Mel Stride vs Antonia Bance

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 Antonia Bance
Antonia Bance
Lab Tipton and Wednesbury

Voting alignment

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

3 same votes 203 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
9 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 11 shared votes
11 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 11 shared votes
11 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 247 of 647
Participation
70.2 %
3 % below average
Rank 434 of 647
1,823
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
384
547 eligible divisions
884
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
190
49.5 % of votes cast
939
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
194
50.5 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
12
3.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-37.1 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 647
Appearances
39
-26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 647
50
-65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 647
Contributions
59
-56.8 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£196,999
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£196,999
13 % below average
11
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Migration
157 of 169 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Energy
55 of 67 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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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