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Sir Mel Stride vs Jake Richards

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Jake Richards voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 205 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 201 different votes 205 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 20 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 21 No
Tax 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

78.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 242 of 649
Participation
72.9 %
same as average
Rank 362 of 649
1,841
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
414
568 eligible divisions
892
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
217
52.4 % of votes cast
949
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
197
47.6 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-47.2 vs Commons average
Rank 547 of 649
Appearances
62
-13.2 vs Commons average
Rank 326 of 649
45
-88.4 vs Commons average
Rank 513 of 649
Contributions
205
+71.6 vs Commons average
Rank 111 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
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£187,382
17 % below average
17
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
157 of 169 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Trade
73 of 89 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API