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Sir Mel Stride vs Mr Angus MacDonald

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Mr Angus MacDonald voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 173 shared comparable votes.

140 same votes 33 different votes 173 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 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 93% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 21 No
Tax 92% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
8 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 88% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 1 No
Housing 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 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
59.5%
13% below average
Rank 578 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
351
590 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
53.3% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
164
46.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
15
4.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-53.2 vs Commons average
Rank 556 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
47
-96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649
Contributions
77
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 409 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
£196,056
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£196,056
13% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API