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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.

Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
vs
Photograph of Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Lee Anderson voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 917 shared comparable votes.

900 same votes 17 different votes 917 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
33 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 104 shared votes
33 Aye 71 No
27 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
15 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 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
23 Aye 11 No
Transport 97% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 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
33 Aye 71 No
Tax 100% aligned 104 shared votes
33 Aye 71 No

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

Voting record

78.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 648
Participation
75.7 %
2 % above average
Rank 304 of 648
1,810
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,207
1,594 eligible divisions
874
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
604
50.0 % of votes cast
936
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
603
50.0 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

29
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 648
Appearances
46
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 648
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 648
Contributions
64
-43.9 vs Commons average
Rank 378 of 648

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
11
6 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
1
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
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 169 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Defence
54 of 58 votes
Energy
55 of 67 votes
#5
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
Aye
Aye rebel
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API