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Sir Mel Stride vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Helen Whately voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,725 shared comparable votes.

1,717 same votes 8 different votes 1,725 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
83 Aye 131 No
Tax 100% aligned 214 shared votes
83 Aye 131 No
110 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 150 shared votes
110 Aye 40 No
40 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 No
41 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 72 shared votes
41 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 68 shared votes
29 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
76 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 153 shared votes
75 Aye 78 No
76 Aye 122 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 198 shared votes
75 Aye 123 No
83 Aye 131 No
Tax 100% aligned 214 shared votes
83 Aye 131 No
110 Aye 40 No
Migration 100% aligned 150 shared votes
110 Aye 40 No
40 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 75 shared votes
40 Aye 35 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 254 of 650
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 120 of 650
1,869
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,006
2,405 eligible divisions
906
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
48.0% of votes cast
963
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,044
52.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-59.0 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 650
Appearances
51
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 467 of 650
47
-106.4 vs Commons average
Rank 530 of 650
Contributions
75
-78.4 vs Commons average
Rank 446 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
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 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
200 of 212 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Trade
86 of 94 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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