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Sir Mel Stride vs Jim Allister

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Jim Allister voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 218 shared comparable votes.

200 same votes 18 different votes 218 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
9 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 6 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Transport 100% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 4 No
Benefits 80% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 93% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 12 No
Education 94% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 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
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 431 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
413
590 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
203
49.2% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
210
50.8% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
Appearances
195
+111.3 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 649
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 649
Contributions
255
+109.1 vs Commons average
Rank 85 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
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Education
42 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Tax
90 of 112 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

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