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Sir Mel Stride vs Dr Scott Arthur

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 Dr Scott Arthur
Dr Scott Arthur
Lab Edinburgh South West

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Dr Scott Arthur voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 278 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 274 different votes 278 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
32 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
5% above average
Rank 245 of 649
Participation
82.6%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 649
1,847
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
481
582 eligible divisions
894
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
49.1% of votes cast
953
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
245
50.9% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
10
2.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

27
-53.0 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 649
Appearances
178
+98.0 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649
45
-94.4 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 649
Contributions
283
+143.6 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£173,383
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£173,383
23% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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