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Sir Mel Stride vs John Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and John Cooper voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

311 same votes 4 different votes 315 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
32 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
32 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
13 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 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
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 650
1,878
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
462
631 eligible divisions
908
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
197
42.6% of votes cast
970
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
265
57.4% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
120
+25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 153 of 650
46
-118.6 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
147
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 255 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
£154,450
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£154,450
32% below average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API