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Sir Mel Stride vs Mr Paul Kohler

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Mr Paul Kohler voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 216 shared comparable votes.

173 same votes 43 different votes 216 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
7 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 92% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 92% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
23 Aye 34 No
Tax 91% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 4 No
Housing 63% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 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
58.6%
14% below average
Rank 582 of 650
1,878
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
370
631 eligible divisions
908
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
192
51.9% of votes cast
970
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
178
48.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
15
4.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

30
-64.0 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 650
Appearances
96
+2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 650
46
-117.8 vs Commons average
Rank 540 of 650
Contributions
185
+21.2 vs Commons average
Rank 187 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
£147,138
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£147,138
35% below average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Education
42 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
13 of 17 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
7 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

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