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Sir Mel Stride vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 245 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 239 different votes 245 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 12% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 11 No
Benefits 0% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 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
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
590 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
50.8% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
227
49.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.9% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
87
+4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
111
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 303 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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