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Sir Mel Stride vs Mr Richard Holden

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Mr Richard Holden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,061 shared comparable votes.

1,055 same votes 6 different votes 1,061 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
52 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 129 shared votes
52 Aye 77 No
84 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
84 Aye 39 No
29 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
19 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
61 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 116 shared votes
62 Aye 54 No
52 Aye 77 No
Tax 100% aligned 129 shared votes
52 Aye 77 No
84 Aye 39 No
Migration 100% aligned 123 shared votes
84 Aye 39 No
29 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 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 254 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 650
1,869
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,342
1,687 eligible divisions
906
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
49.1% of votes cast
963
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
683
50.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

29
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 576 of 650
Appearances
55
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
47
-107.6 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 650
Contributions
80
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 435 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
£1,267,818
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£332,582
47% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 63 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
61 of 64 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Trade
50 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Defence
61 of 70 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

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