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Sir Mel Stride vs Nigel Farage

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

Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
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Photograph of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage
RUK Clacton

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Nigel Farage voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 97 shared comparable votes.

92 same votes 5 different votes 97 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
14 Aye 5 No
Tax 100% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 5 No
Tax 100% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 12 shared votes
2 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 1 No
Education 100% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

78.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 648
Participation
32.3 %
41 % below average
Rank 637 of 648
1,810
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
170
526 eligible divisions
874
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
84
49.4 % of votes cast
936
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
86
50.6 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 648
Appearances
14
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 600 of 648
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 648
Contributions
16
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,380
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£156,380
31 % below average
11
6 registered categories
Registered interests
35
7 registered categories
1
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
27 of 37 votes
Migration
157 of 169 votes
#2
Migration
7 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
17 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
Energy
55 of 67 votes
#5
Defence
10 of 22 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading 11 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
No
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
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