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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.


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Ben Coleman voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 242 different votes 245 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 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 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 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 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

77.7%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 650
Participation
68.5%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 650
1,869
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
424
619 eligible divisions
906
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
228
53.8% of votes cast
963
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
196
46.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650
Appearances
51
-37.8 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
47
-107.6 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 650
Contributions
88
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 400 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
£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
205 of 212 votes
#1
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Work / Employment
35 of 42 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API