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Sir Mel Stride vs Carolyn Harris

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 Carolyn Harris
Carolyn Harris
Lab Neath and Swansea East

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Carolyn Harris voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,435 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,369 different votes 1,435 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
15 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
63 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 169 shared votes
109 Aye 60 No
67 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 145 shared votes
79 Aye 66 No
88 Aye 35 No
Migration 3% aligned 123 shared votes
33 Aye 90 No
13 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
24 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 27 No
Energy 0% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 28 No
Benefits 0% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 26 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 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
75.1%
3% above average
Rank 308 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,785
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
57.4% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
760
42.6% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
29
-114.5 vs Commons average
Rank 577 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
£2,394,912
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£305,970
35% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
62 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Education
83 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
66 of 77 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
55 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 333 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
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
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
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