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Sir Mel Stride vs Peter Dowd

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

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Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Peter Dowd voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,333 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,263 different votes 1,333 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
75 Aye 55 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 130 shared votes
63 Aye 67 No
64 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 165 shared votes
104 Aye 61 No
49 Aye 36 No
Migration 5% aligned 85 shared votes
34 Aye 51 No
14 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 15 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
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
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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
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
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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