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Sir Mel Stride vs David Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Mel Stride and David Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 225 shared comparable votes.
4 same votes
221 different votes
225 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
78.2 %
6 % above average
Participation
69.4 %
3 % below average
1,841
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
394
568 eligible divisions
892
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
198
50.3 % of votes cast
949
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
196
49.7 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
14
3.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
28
-46.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
62
-12.7 vs Commons average
45
-87.7 vs Commons average
Contributions
80
-52.7 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19 % below average
17
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API