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Sir Mel Stride vs Josh Babarinde

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Josh Babarinde voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 236 shared comparable votes.

187 same votes 49 different votes 236 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
3 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
26 Aye 33 No
Tax 92% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
7 Aye 4 No
Education 91% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 8 No
Defence 87% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 25% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 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
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 429 of 650
1,878
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
440
631 eligible divisions
908
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
240
54.5% of votes cast
970
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
200
45.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

30
-64.2 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
126
+31.8 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 650
46
-118.1 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
148
-16.1 vs Commons average
Rank 252 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
£181,159
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£181,159
20% below average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API