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Sir Mel Stride vs Greg Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Greg Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,182 shared comparable votes.

1,163 same votes 19 different votes 1,182 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
54 Aye 86 No
Tax 100% aligned 140 shared votes
54 Aye 86 No
65 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 132 shared votes
65 Aye 67 No
31 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
100 Aye 41 No
Migration 98% aligned 141 shared votes
103 Aye 38 No
31 Aye 18 No
Transport 98% aligned 49 shared votes
30 Aye 19 No
54 Aye 86 No
Tax 100% aligned 140 shared votes
54 Aye 86 No
65 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 132 shared votes
65 Aye 67 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.7%
5% above average
Rank 250 of 650
Participation
88.6%
16% above average
Rank 34 of 650
1,878
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,506
1,699 eligible divisions
908
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
733
48.7% of votes cast
970
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
773
51.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

30
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
246
+151.5 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
46
-118.6 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
370
+205.4 vs Commons average
Rank 47 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
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27% above average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
64 of 64 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Trade
55 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API