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Sir Mel Stride vs Mr Mark Francois

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,418 shared comparable votes.

1,383 same votes 35 different votes 1,418 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
66 Aye 117 No
Tax 100% aligned 183 shared votes
66 Aye 117 No
35 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 65 shared votes
35 Aye 30 No
29 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
17 Aye 29 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 28 No
Benefits 100% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 90% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
34 Aye 31 No
Trade 94% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
64 Aye 31 No
Migration 95% aligned 95 shared votes
67 Aye 28 No
73 Aye 124 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 197 shared votes
69 Aye 128 No
20 Aye 21 No
Housing 98% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

77.7%
5% above average
Rank 250 of 650
Participation
68.0%
4% below average
Rank 457 of 650
1,878
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,644
2,417 eligible divisions
908
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
766
46.6% of votes cast
970
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
878
53.4% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 5 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

30
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
148
+53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 95 of 650
46
-118.6 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
441
+276.4 vs Commons average
Rank 32 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
202 of 212 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 94 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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