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Sir Mel Stride vs Edward Argar

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Edward Argar voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,811 shared comparable votes.

1,808 same votes 3 different votes 1,811 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
92 Aye 140 No
Tax 100% aligned 232 shared votes
92 Aye 140 No
79 Aye 124 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 203 shared votes
79 Aye 124 No
114 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 157 shared votes
114 Aye 43 No
42 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 77 shared votes
42 Aye 35 No
42 Aye 30 No
Trade 100% aligned 72 shared votes
42 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
86 Aye 86 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 172 shared votes
87 Aye 85 No
92 Aye 140 No
Tax 100% aligned 232 shared votes
92 Aye 140 No
79 Aye 124 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 203 shared votes
79 Aye 124 No
114 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 157 shared votes
114 Aye 43 No
42 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 77 shared votes
42 Aye 35 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
90.2%
17% above average
Rank 17 of 649
1,847
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,134
2,366 eligible divisions
894
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
47.6% of votes cast
953
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,118
52.4% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

27
-51.7 vs Commons average
Rank 558 of 649
Appearances
83
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
45
-92.1 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649
Contributions
129
-8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 222 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
£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£201,413
11% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
164 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
45 of 47 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API