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Sir Mel Stride vs Rebecca Long Bailey

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
vs
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Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Rebecca Long Bailey voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,441 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,377 different votes 1,441 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
64 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 171 shared votes
110 Aye 61 No
14 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 27 No
Education 4% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
67 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 140 shared votes
76 Aye 64 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 25 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
25 Aye 36 No
15 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
35 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 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
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,824
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,008
55.3% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
816
44.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
26
1.4% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 649
Contributions
54
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 492 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
£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£259,636
15% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Defence
68 of 71 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
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
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 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
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