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Sir Mel Stride vs Mr Luke Charters

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Mr Luke Charters voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 268 different votes 274 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
30 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
9 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 132 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
491
590 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.5% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
243
49.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
82
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 316 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
£244,344
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£244,344
8% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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