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Sir Mel Stride vs Kenneth Stevenson

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 Kenneth Stevenson
Kenneth Stevenson
Lab Airdrie and Shotts

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Kenneth Stevenson voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 223 different votes 226 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 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
30 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
6 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
6 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

78.0%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 649
Participation
71.5%
same as average
Rank 385 of 649
1,847
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
582 eligible divisions
894
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
205
49.3% of votes cast
953
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
211
50.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
2.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

27
-53.0 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 649
Appearances
10
-70.0 vs Commons average
Rank 617 of 649
45
-94.4 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 649
Contributions
14
-125.4 vs Commons average
Rank 613 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
£109,998
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£109,998
51% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Tax
95 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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Voting source Commons Votes API