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Sir Mel Stride vs Ben Coleman

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 Ben Coleman
Ben Coleman
Lab Chelsea and Fulham

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Ben Coleman voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 240 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 237 different votes 240 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
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
27 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 15 shared votes
14 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% 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

78.0%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 649
Participation
71.5%
same as average
Rank 383 of 649
1,847
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
582 eligible divisions
894
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
54.3% of votes cast
953
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
190
45.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.6% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

27
-53.0 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 649
Appearances
48
-32.0 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 649
45
-94.4 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 649
Contributions
75
-64.4 vs Commons average
Rank 412 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
£186,638
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£186,638
17% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
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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Voting source Commons Votes API