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Sir Mel Stride vs Patrick Spencer

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Patrick Spencer voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 320 shared comparable votes.

315 same votes 5 different votes 320 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
35 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
35 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
35 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
35 Aye 35 No
13 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

77.7%
5% above average
Rank 249 of 650
Participation
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 650
1,883
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
456
636 eligible divisions
910
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
212
46.5% of votes cast
973
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
244
53.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

30
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
35
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 650
46
-121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 650
Contributions
60
-107.1 vs Commons average
Rank 509 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
£159,842
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£159,842
29% below average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 registered categories
9
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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Housing
29 of 33 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
55 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API