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Sir Mel Stride vs Lewis Cocking

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Lewis Cocking voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

328 same votes 5 different votes 333 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
31 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
31 Aye 39 No
13 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
31 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
31 Aye 39 No
13 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

77.7%
5% above average
Rank 250 of 650
Participation
78.4%
6% above average
Rank 233 of 650
1,878
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
495
631 eligible divisions
908
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
45.9% of votes cast
970
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
268
54.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

30
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
127
+32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 650
46
-118.6 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
174
+9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 199 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
£181,438
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£181,438
20% below average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
57 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API