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Sir Mel Stride vs Bridget Phillipson

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

Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
vs
Photograph of Bridget Phillipson
Bridget Phillipson
Lab Houghton and Sunderland South

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Bridget Phillipson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,079 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,025 different votes 1,079 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
9 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
67 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 168 shared votes
104 Aye 64 No
8 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 12 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
48 Aye 24 No
Migration 4% aligned 72 shared votes
21 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 88 No
Tax 0% aligned 135 shared votes
88 Aye 47 No
26 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 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
56.0%
17% below average
Rank 600 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,330
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
799
60.1% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
531
39.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
573
+429.5 vs Commons average
Rank 13 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
£2,958,445
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£276,480
22% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
13
2 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Education
78 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
63 of 91 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
32 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
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