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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 250 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 248 different votes 250 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 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 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 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 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
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 649
Participation
79.2%
8% above average
Rank 217 of 649
1,847
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
582 eligible divisions
894
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
51.8% of votes cast
953
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
222
48.2% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.8% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

27
-53.0 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 649
Appearances
88
+8.0 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 649
45
-94.4 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 649
Contributions
180
+40.6 vs Commons average
Rank 147 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
£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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Education
43 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API