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Sir Mel Stride vs John McDonnell

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

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Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
vs
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John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and John McDonnell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,491 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,421 different votes 1,491 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
15 Aye 38 No
Education 9% aligned 53 shared votes
35 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
68 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 173 shared votes
107 Aye 66 No
15 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
63 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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