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Sir Mel Stride vs Aphra Brandreth

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Aphra Brandreth voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

268 same votes 2 different votes 270 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
29 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 14 shared votes
1 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
29 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 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 250 of 650
Participation
66.2%
6% below average
Rank 495 of 650
1,878
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
418
631 eligible divisions
908
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
197
47.1% of votes cast
970
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
221
52.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.6% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

30
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
100
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 650
46
-118.6 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
122
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 325 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
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11% above average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Trade
8 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Tax
86 of 121 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Defence
24 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API