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Sir Mel Stride vs Catherine Atkinson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Catherine Atkinson voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 267 different votes 269 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
7 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
28 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 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
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 207 of 650
1,869
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
492
619 eligible divisions
906
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.4% of votes cast
963
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
244
49.6% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650
Appearances
95
+6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
47
-107.6 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 650
Contributions
185
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 168 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
£207,563
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£207,563
8% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API