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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.

Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
vs
Photograph of Kate Dearden
Kate Dearden
Lab Halifax

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Kate Dearden voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 210 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 207 different votes 210 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
8 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 247 of 647
Participation
87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 54 of 647
1,821
2,328 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
542 eligible divisions
883
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
234
49.2 % of votes cast
938
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
242
50.8 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-37.1 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 647
Appearances
45
-20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 647
50
-65.8 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 647
Contributions
107
-8.8 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 647

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
11
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
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Migration
157 of 169 votes
#2
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Energy
55 of 67 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to insist on Amendments 439C and 439D and disagree with Lords Amendments 439E and 439F 22 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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