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Sir Mel Stride vs Melanie Ward
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Mel Stride and Melanie Ward voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 258 shared comparable votes.
3 same votes
255 different votes
258 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
77.7%
5% above average
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
1,869
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
474
619 eligible divisions
906
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
231
48.7% of votes cast
963
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
243
51.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
29
-59.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
69
-19.8 vs Commons average
47
-107.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
91
-63.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
21 Oct 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API