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Sir Mel Stride vs Pat McFadden

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 Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Pat McFadden voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,296 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,231 different votes 1,296 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
16 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
70 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 178 shared votes
110 Aye 68 No
13 Aye 26 No
Education 5% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 20 No
Energy 3% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
89 Aye 39 No
Migration 2% aligned 128 shared votes
36 Aye 92 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
29 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 30 No
Benefits 0% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 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
65.5%
7% below average
Rank 508 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,557
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
57.7% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
659
42.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
35
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
255
+111.5 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 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
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
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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