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Sir Mel Stride vs Mr Clive Betts

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,442 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,366 different votes 1,442 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
14 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
69 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 176 shared votes
110 Aye 66 No
75 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 142 shared votes
71 Aye 71 No
14 Aye 36 No
Education 4% aligned 50 shared votes
38 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 19 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 No
30 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
20 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 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
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 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
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API