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Sir Mel Stride vs James Cartlidge

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and James Cartlidge voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,723 shared comparable votes.

1,720 same votes 3 different votes 1,723 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
88 Aye 139 No
Tax 100% aligned 227 shared votes
88 Aye 139 No
79 Aye 124 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 203 shared votes
79 Aye 124 No
84 Aye 92 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 176 shared votes
84 Aye 92 No
111 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 154 shared votes
111 Aye 43 No
40 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
88 Aye 139 No
Tax 100% aligned 227 shared votes
88 Aye 139 No
79 Aye 124 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 203 shared votes
79 Aye 124 No
84 Aye 92 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 176 shared votes
84 Aye 92 No
111 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 154 shared votes
111 Aye 43 No
40 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 69 shared votes
40 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

78.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 648
Participation
86.6 %
13 % above average
Rank 78 of 648
1,810
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,002
2,312 eligible divisions
874
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
953
47.6 % of votes cast
936
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
1,049
52.4 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 648
Appearances
59
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 648
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 648
Contributions
107
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24 % above average
11
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 169 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 75 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Energy
55 of 67 votes
#5
Housing
61 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API