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Sir Mel Stride vs Claire Hughes

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Claire Hughes voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 273 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 269 different votes 273 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
11 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
33 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 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

78.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 647
Participation
90.1 %
17 % above average
Rank 26 of 647
1,818
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
537 eligible divisions
881
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
255
52.7 % of votes cast
937
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
229
47.3 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 647
Appearances
12
-51.6 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 647
50
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 647
Contributions
12
-101.6 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20 % below average
11
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
Education
49 of 49 votes
Migration
157 of 169 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Energy
55 of 67 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API