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Sir Mel Stride vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Priti Patel voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,302 shared comparable votes.

1,284 same votes 18 different votes 1,302 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
73 Aye 117 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
73 Aye 117 No
76 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
76 Aye 28 No
33 Aye 26 No
Trade 100% aligned 59 shared votes
33 Aye 26 No
36 Aye 23 No
Transport 100% aligned 59 shared votes
36 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 29 No
Education 100% aligned 43 shared votes
14 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 95% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
69 Aye 116 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 185 shared votes
65 Aye 120 No
53 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 112 shared votes
52 Aye 60 No
73 Aye 117 No
Tax 100% aligned 190 shared votes
73 Aye 117 No
76 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
76 Aye 28 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 254 of 650
Participation
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 557 of 650
1,869
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,487
2,405 eligible divisions
906
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
679
45.7% of votes cast
963
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
808
54.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.9% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

29
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 650
Appearances
70
-17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 333 of 650
47
-106.1 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 650
Contributions
96
-57.1 vs Commons average
Rank 369 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 94 votes
Foreign Affairs
68 of 81 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Tax
218 of 324 votes

Recent voting overlap

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