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Sir Mel Stride vs Blake Stephenson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Blake Stephenson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

303 same votes 4 different votes 307 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
33 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
14 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
33 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
14 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 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
72.3%
same as average
Rank 374 of 650
1,878
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
456
631 eligible divisions
908
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
207
45.4% of votes cast
970
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
249
54.6% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
116
+21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
46
-118.6 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
264
+99.4 vs Commons average
Rank 108 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
£203,629
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£203,629
10% below average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Tax
99 of 121 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
54 of 66 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Work / Employment
34 of 42 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API