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Sir Mel Stride vs Lisa Smart

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Lisa Smart voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 215 shared comparable votes.

169 same votes 46 different votes 215 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 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 11 No
Education 94% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 28 No
Tax 90% aligned 52 shared votes
29 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 88% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 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
66.2%
6% below average
Rank 494 of 650
1,878
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
418
631 eligible divisions
908
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
232
55.5% of votes cast
970
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
186
44.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

30
-64.2 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
199
+104.8 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 650
46
-118.1 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
276
+111.9 vs Commons average
Rank 93 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
£239,061
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£239,061
6% above average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
25
4 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Education
43 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API