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Sir Mel Stride vs Kate Dearden

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Kate Dearden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 230 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 226 different votes 230 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 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
86.1%
13% above average
Rank 74 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
508
590 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
48.6% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
261
51.4% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
82
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
206
+62.5 vs Commons average
Rank 125 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
£175,203
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£175,203
23% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
7
2 registered categories
9
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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

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