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Sir Mel Stride vs Ed Miliband

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 Miliband
Ed Miliband
Lab Doncaster North

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Ed Miliband voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,119 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,052 different votes 1,119 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 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
63 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 165 shared votes
105 Aye 60 No
10 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 25 No
Education 6% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 23 No
Trade 0% aligned 54 shared votes
23 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 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
55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
724
55.4% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
583
44.6% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
54
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
633
+489.5 vs Commons average
Rank 10 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
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£221,136
2% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
171 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
129 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
60 of 91 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
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 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 Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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
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