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Sir Mel Stride vs Jack Abbott

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Jack Abbott voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 319 different votes 325 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
35 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
38 Aye 35 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
38 Aye 35 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 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
91.1%
19% above average
Rank 12 of 650
1,878
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
575
631 eligible divisions
908
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
285
49.6% of votes cast
970
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
290
50.4% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

30
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
47
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 502 of 650
46
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
56
-108.5 vs Commons average
Rank 516 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
£181,221
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£181,221
20% below average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API