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Sir Mel Stride vs Mr Paul Foster

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 248 different votes 252 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
13 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 13 No
Benefits 0% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

78.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 242 of 650
Participation
80.7 %
8 % above average
Rank 187 of 650
1,838
2,351 eligible divisions
Total votes
456
565 eligible divisions
892
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
231
50.7 % of votes cast
946
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
225
49.3 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-44.5 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 650
Appearances
31
-41.5 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 650
45
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 650
Contributions
51
-77.7 vs Commons average
Rank 479 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
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14 % below average
17
6 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Migration
157 of 169 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Trade
73 of 89 votes
#5
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API