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Sir Mel Stride vs Carla Lockhart

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
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Photograph of Carla Lockhart
Carla Lockhart
DUP Upper Bann

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Carla Lockhart voted the same way 68% of the time, based on 566 shared comparable votes.

383 same votes 183 different votes 566 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
6 Aye 14 No
Energy 90% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 44 No
Tax 88% aligned 72 shared votes
31 Aye 41 No
15 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 80% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 80% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 3 No
Education 80% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 8 No
Benefits 47% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
25 Aye 17 No
Migration 50% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 6 No
Trade 52% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 649
Participation
45.4 %
27 % below average
Rank 629 of 649
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
746
1,643 eligible divisions
892
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
383
51.3 % of votes cast
951
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
363
48.7 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

28
-49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 553 of 649
Appearances
171
+93.4 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
46
-91.6 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 649
Contributions
193
+55.4 vs Commons average
Rank 128 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
£1,275,108
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£258,626
14 % above average
17
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
41 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
46 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
38 of 55 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
100 of 174 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
24 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 3 Jun 2025
Defence
Aye
No
Employment Rights Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 12 Mar 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025 12 Feb 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
No
Renters' Rights Bill: Third Reading 14 Jan 2025
Housing
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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