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Sir Mel Stride vs Matt Bishop

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Matt Bishop voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 191 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 183 different votes 191 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
24 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 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
52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
312
590 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
145
46.5% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
167
53.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
Appearances
34
-49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 650
47
-98.7 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 650
Contributions
45
-100.7 vs Commons average
Rank 529 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
£157,583
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£157,583
30% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Tax
77 of 112 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
13 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
NHS / Health
7 of 11 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