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Sir Mel Stride vs Chris McDonald

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

Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
vs
Photograph of Chris McDonald
Chris McDonald
Lab Stockton North

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Chris McDonald voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 223 different votes 226 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 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
29 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
31 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

78.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 247 of 647
Participation
78.6 %
6 % above average
Rank 237 of 647
1,821
2,328 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
542 eligible divisions
883
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
212
49.8 % of votes cast
938
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
214
50.2 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
10
2.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 647
Appearances
88
+22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 647
50
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 647
Contributions
303
+186.1 vs Commons average
Rank 45 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4 % below average
11
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 169 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Energy
15 of 17 votes
Energy
55 of 67 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API