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Sir Mel Stride vs Lee Anderson

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

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Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
vs
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Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Lee Anderson voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 941 shared comparable votes.

920 same votes 21 different votes 941 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
35 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 106 shared votes
35 Aye 71 No
27 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 21 No
Benefits 100% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
27 Aye 13 No
Transport 95% aligned 40 shared votes
29 Aye 11 No
84 Aye 40 No
Migration 98% aligned 124 shared votes
87 Aye 37 No
58 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 95 shared votes
60 Aye 35 No
35 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 106 shared votes
35 Aye 71 No

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

Voting record

78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 649
Participation
75.3 %
3 % above average
Rank 305 of 649
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,643 eligible divisions
892
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
620
50.1 % of votes cast
951
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
618
49.9 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
Appearances
56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
46
-92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650
Contributions
80
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 385 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
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17 % above average
20
6 registered categories
Registered interests
10
5 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
Trade
53 of 53 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
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