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Sir Mel Stride vs Emily Darlington

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 Emily Darlington
Emily Darlington
Lab Milton Keynes Central

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Emily Darlington voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 294 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 290 different votes 294 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
13 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 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 245 of 649
Participation
88.2 %
15 % above average
Rank 42 of 649
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
575 eligible divisions
892
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
270
53.3 % of votes cast
951
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
237
46.7 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
Appearances
90
+12.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
46
-92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650
Contributions
115
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£124,936
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£124,936
45 % below average
20
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Education
50 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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