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Sir Mel Stride vs Michael Payne

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

Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 241 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 238 different votes 241 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
31 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

78.2 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 647
Participation
77.9 %
5 % above average
Rank 259 of 647
1,821
2,328 eligible divisions
Total votes
422
542 eligible divisions
883
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
220
52.1 % of votes cast
938
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
202
47.9 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 647
Appearances
18
-46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 647
50
-64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 647
Contributions
19
-95.7 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
11
6 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
157 of 169 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Education
48 of 49 votes
Energy
55 of 67 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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