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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.

Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
vs
Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Claire Hughes voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 286 different votes 290 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
35 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
34 Aye 35 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 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
35 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
34 Aye 35 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 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
7 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 649
Participation
89.6 %
17 % above average
Rank 23 of 649
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
515
575 eligible divisions
892
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
267
51.8 % of votes cast
951
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
248
48.2 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
Appearances
2
-75.9 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
46
-92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650
Contributions
2
-136.3 vs Commons average
Rank 633 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
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20 % below average
20
6 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
31 of 31 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
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
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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