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Sir Mel Stride vs Dan Carden

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 Dan Carden
Dan Carden
Lab Liverpool Walton

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Dan Carden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,133 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 1,087 different votes 1,133 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
68 Aye 25 No
Migration 5% aligned 93 shared votes
22 Aye 71 No
63 Aye 95 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 158 shared votes
95 Aye 63 No
13 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 22 No
Education 3% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
55 Aye 47 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 102 shared votes
48 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 21 No
Energy 0% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 17 No
Benefits 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 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
68.8%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,460
2,121 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
808
55.3% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
652
44.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
Appearances
26
-57.6 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 650
47
-98.7 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 650
Contributions
37
-108.7 vs Commons average
Rank 560 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
£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£298,675
32% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
16
5 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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
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
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
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
No
Illegal Migration Bill: Committee of the whole House: New Clause 6 27 Mar 2023
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
No
Standing Order 163: Private Sitting 22 Oct 2021
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API