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Sir Mel Stride vs Mr Calvin Bailey

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Mr Calvin Bailey voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 201 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 196 different votes 201 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 9 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
25 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 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
25 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 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 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 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
63.2%
9% below average
Rank 538 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
373
590 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
52.0% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
179
48.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
101
+18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
218
+74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 116 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
£186,701
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£186,701
17% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
26 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Education
38 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Housing
23 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API