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Sir Mel Stride vs Ed Davey

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 Ed Davey
Ed Davey
LD Kingston and Surbiton

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Ed Davey voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 1,030 shared comparable votes.

158 same votes 872 different votes 1,030 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
10 Aye 17 No
Education 63% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 48% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 15 No
Housing 42% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
41 Aye 73 No
Tax 25% aligned 114 shared votes
74 Aye 40 No
10 Aye 19 No
Defence 21% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
68 Aye 39 No
Migration 3% aligned 107 shared votes
36 Aye 71 No
60 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 163 shared votes
102 Aye 61 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 243 of 649
Participation
60.2%
13% below average
Rank 573 of 649
1,847
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,271
2,111 eligible divisions
894
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
713
56.1% of votes cast
953
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
558
43.9% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

27
-51.7 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649
Appearances
64
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 649
45
-92.1 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649
Contributions
105
-32.1 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
12
4 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
45 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion 9 Dec 2025
Trade
Aye
Aye
European Convention on Human Rights (withdrawal): Ten Minute Rule Motion 29 Oct 2025
No
No
Child poverty strategy (removal of two child limit): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Sept 2025
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Welfare 15 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 18 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Where they voted the same
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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