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Sir Mel Stride vs Charlie Dewhirst

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Charlie Dewhirst voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

287 same votes 4 different votes 291 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
30 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
30 Aye 40 No
11 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
30 Aye 40 No
11 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 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 250 of 650
Participation
67.0%
5% below average
Rank 474 of 650
1,878
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
631 eligible divisions
908
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
185
43.7% of votes cast
970
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
238
56.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

30
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
128
+33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 650
46
-118.6 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
147
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 257 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
£184,765
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£184,765
18% below average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Tax
102 of 121 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Education
40 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API