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Sir Mel Stride vs Olivia Blake

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
vs
Photograph of Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Olivia Blake voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 886 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 853 different votes 886 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
NHS / Health 16% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 3% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 24 No
Benefits 3% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
81 Aye 38 No
Migration 3% aligned 119 shared votes
35 Aye 84 No
53 Aye 36 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 89 shared votes
35 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 12 No
Transport 0% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
649
52.4% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
590
47.6% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
Appearances
37
-46.6 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 650
47
-98.7 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 650
Contributions
42
-103.7 vs Commons average
Rank 542 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
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
Education
66 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 64 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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