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Sir Mel Stride vs Cat Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Cat Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,370 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,305 different votes 1,370 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 20 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
68 Aye 104 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 172 shared votes
107 Aye 65 No
18 Aye 27 No
Education 4% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 28 No
Transport 3% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 14 No
Trade 0% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
13 Aye 26 No
Energy 0% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 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
72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
54.0% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
792
46.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% 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
19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 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
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 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