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Sir Mel Stride vs Laura Kyrke-Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Laura Kyrke-Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 286 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 280 different votes 286 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 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No
32 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
34 Aye 32 No
4 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

78.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 244 of 650
Participation
88.1 %
15 % above average
Rank 46 of 650
1,837
2,349 eligible divisions
Total votes
496
563 eligible divisions
891
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.0 % of votes cast
946
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
248
50.0 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 536 of 650
Appearances
88
+17.1 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 650
48
-77.8 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 650
Contributions
105
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 255 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
£198,951
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£198,951
12 % below average
17
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Migration
157 of 169 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
73 of 89 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API