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Sir Mel Stride vs Gareth Snell

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
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Photograph of Gareth Snell
Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Gareth Snell voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 630 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 583 different votes 630 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
38 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 12% aligned 104 shared votes
66 Aye 38 No
19 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 20 No
Transport 6% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 56 No
Tax 0% aligned 108 shared votes
56 Aye 52 No
11 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 16 No
Trade 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 18 No
Benefits 0% aligned 20 shared votes
18 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 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
86.8%
14% above average
Rank 61 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
590 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
49.0% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
261
51.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-52.8 vs Commons average
Rank 556 of 649
Appearances
174
+92.2 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
47
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649
Contributions
267
+124.5 vs Commons average
Rank 73 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
£797,891
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£176,059
22% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
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 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
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Motion on 50th anniversary of the continuous at sea deterrent 10 Apr 2019
Aye
Aye
Motion under section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019 9 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
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