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Sir Mel Stride vs Mary Creagh

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
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Photograph of Mary Creagh
Mary Creagh
Lab Coventry East

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Mary Creagh voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 663 shared comparable votes.

36 same votes 627 different votes 663 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
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
21 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 15 No
Trade 6% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
47 Aye 87 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 134 shared votes
87 Aye 47 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 112 shared votes
58 Aye 54 No
13 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 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
65.1%
8% below average
Rank 518 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
384
590 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
200
52.1% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
184
47.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.6% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
Appearances
63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 649
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 649
Contributions
244
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 90 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
£1,742,497
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£173,551
23% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Housing
29 of 32 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
30 of 39 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Tax
79 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
Motion on 50th anniversary of the continuous at sea deterrent 10 Apr 2019
Aye
Aye
Motion under section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2019 9 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Amdt 1 - Main 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee NC4 - Cash 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
Aye
Draft European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (Exit Day) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 27 Mar 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye
No
Mr Fysh's motion O (Contingent preferential arrangements) 27 Mar 2019
No
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