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Sir Mel Stride vs Ben Goldsborough

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Ben Goldsborough voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 301 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 298 different votes 301 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 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
85.6%
13% above average
Rank 75 of 650
1,869
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
530
619 eligible divisions
906
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
260
49.1% of votes cast
963
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
270
50.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% 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
79
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 650
47
-107.6 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 650
Contributions
138
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 245 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
£162,821
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£162,821
28% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
64 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API