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Sir Mel Stride vs Liam Byrne

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Liam Byrne voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,265 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,209 different votes 1,265 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
8 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
62 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 169 shared votes
110 Aye 59 No
12 Aye 26 No
Education 5% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
18 Aye 22 No
Energy 3% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
24 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
33 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
Participation
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 504 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
696
44.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
Appearances
45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 649
Contributions
62
-83.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 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
£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£280,258
24% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API