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Sir Mel Stride vs Brian Leishman

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Brian Leishman voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 243 different votes 249 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
29 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
Participation
73.9%
1% above average
Rank 334 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
436
590 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
44.5% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
242
55.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
23
5.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
136
+53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 85 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
152
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 201 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
£182,647
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£182,647
19% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Tax
95 of 112 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
11 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API