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Sir Mel Stride vs Peter Fortune

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Peter Fortune voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 324 shared comparable votes.

321 same votes 3 different votes 324 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
30 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
30 Aye 39 No
12 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
30 Aye 39 No
12 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 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 250 of 650
Participation
73.1%
1% above average
Rank 351 of 650
1,878
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
631 eligible divisions
908
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
204
44.3% of votes cast
970
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
257
55.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

30
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
137
+42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
46
-118.6 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
161
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 218 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
£180,830
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£180,830
20% below average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API