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Sir Mel Stride vs Paul Waugh

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Paul Waugh voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 258 different votes 261 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 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
33 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
8 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 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 647
Participation
88.3 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 647
1,818
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
474
537 eligible divisions
881
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
240
50.6 % of votes cast
937
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
234
49.4 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
10
2.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 647
Appearances
112
+48.4 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 647
50
-63.6 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 647
Contributions
133
+19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£174,781
23 % below average
11
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
157 of 169 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Energy
55 of 67 votes
#5
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API