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Sir Mel Stride vs Mike Reader

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 Mike Reader
Mike Reader
Lab Northampton South

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Mike Reader voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 235 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 233 different votes 235 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
10 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
30 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
16 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
16 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

78.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 648
Participation
74.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 340 of 648
1,810
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
391
526 eligible divisions
874
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
213
54.5 % of votes cast
936
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
178
45.5 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
11
2.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 648
Appearances
52
-8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 648
51
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 648
Contributions
69
-39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£208,618
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£208,618
8 % below average
11
6 registered categories
Registered interests
18
4 registered categories
1
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 169 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Transport
20 of 21 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Energy
16 of 17 votes
Energy
55 of 67 votes
#5
Migration
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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