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Sir Mel Stride vs Graham Stringer

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 Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Graham Stringer voted the same way 12% of the time, based on 1,093 shared comparable votes.

134 same votes 959 different votes 1,093 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
41 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 62% aligned 106 shared votes
45 Aye 61 No
24 Aye 16 No
Trade 13% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 24 No
Transport 10% aligned 51 shared votes
21 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 19 No
Defence 9% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 33 No
Education 4% aligned 46 shared votes
35 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 31 shared votes
17 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 12 No
Energy 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 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 244 of 649
Participation
57.7%
15% below average
Rank 592 of 649
1,848
2,373 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,370
2,373 eligible divisions
894
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
685
50.0% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
685
50.0% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
113
8.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

29
-51.7 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 649
Appearances
55
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 649
47
-93.6 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 649
Contributions
43
-97.6 vs Commons average
Rank 526 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
£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£160,334
29% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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
Migration
123 of 171 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
44 of 66 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
47 of 71 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
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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