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Sir Mel Stride vs Chris Elmore

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

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Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
vs
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Chris Elmore
Lab Bridgend

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Chris Elmore voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,415 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 1,338 different votes 1,415 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
17 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
63 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 168 shared votes
108 Aye 60 No
71 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 127 shared votes
60 Aye 67 No
17 Aye 27 No
Education 5% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
13 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
30 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 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
77.9%
5% above average
Rank 247 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
995
54.9% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
817
45.1% 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
10 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
232
+88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 98 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
£2,290,713
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£343,439
52% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Housing
58 of 62 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 165 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
NHS / Health
48 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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