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Sir Mel Stride vs Chris Coghlan

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Chris Coghlan voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 167 shared comparable votes.

137 same votes 30 different votes 167 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
4 Aye 7 No
Defence 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 100% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 10 No
Education 94% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 24 No
Tax 94% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 3 No
Benefits 50% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 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
52.4%
20% below average
Rank 616 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
309
590 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
181
58.6% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
128
41.4% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 376 of 649
47
-95.9 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.9 vs Commons average
Rank 431 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
£188,989
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£188,989
16% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
27 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Education
33 of 50 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Tax
70 of 112 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