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Sir Mel Stride vs Caroline Voaden

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Caroline Voaden voted the same way 83% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

187 same votes 39 different votes 226 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 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 12 No
Education 94% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 30 No
Tax 92% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
8 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 91% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Trade 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 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 254 of 650
Participation
68.2%
4% below average
Rank 453 of 650
1,869
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
620 eligible divisions
906
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
218
51.5% of votes cast
963
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
205
48.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

30
-63.0 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 650
Appearances
206
+113.0 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 650
46
-116.0 vs Commons average
Rank 537 of 650
Contributions
249
+87.0 vs Commons average
Rank 111 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
£193,283
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£193,283
15% below average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Housing
24 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API