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Sir Mel Stride vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 490 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 473 different votes 490 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
3 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
22 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 19% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 11 No
Energy 5% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
52 Aye 37 No
13 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
53 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 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
63.1%
10% below average
Rank 540 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
372
590 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
174
46.8% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
198
53.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
547
+403.5 vs Commons average
Rank 15 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
13 of 13 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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
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
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
Aye
Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill: Third Reading 24 Feb 2017
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill: Third Reading: Closure motion 24 Feb 2017
Crime / Justice
Aye
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