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Sir Mel Stride vs Ian Byrne

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 Ian Byrne
Ian Byrne
Lab Liverpool West Derby

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Ian Byrne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 916 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 882 different votes 916 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
12 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 3% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 23 No
Education 3% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 24 No
Benefits 3% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
84 Aye 37 No
Migration 2% aligned 121 shared votes
34 Aye 87 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 107 shared votes
53 Aye 54 No
26 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 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
72.8%
same as average
Rank 361 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,207
1,658 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
657
54.4% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
550
45.6% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
26
2.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
Appearances
51
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
47
-98.7 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 650
Contributions
92
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 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
£1,324,572
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£284,893
26% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
128 of 154 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
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sept 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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