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Sir Mel Stride vs Bob Blackman
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Mel Stride and Bob Blackman voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,784 shared comparable votes.
1,737 same votes
47 different votes
1,784 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
77.7%
5% above average
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
1,883
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,118
2,422 eligible divisions
910
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
992
46.8% of votes cast
973
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,126
53.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.5% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
29
-66.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
161
+65.4 vs Commons average
45
-121.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
190
+23.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API