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Sir Mel Stride vs Mr Toby Perkins

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,402 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,331 different votes 1,402 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
15 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
66 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 169 shared votes
108 Aye 61 No
7 Aye 14 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
64 Aye 74 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 138 shared votes
75 Aye 63 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 30 No
Benefits 0% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 181 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
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
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API