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Sir Mel Stride vs Rebecca Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Rebecca Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

255 same votes 5 different votes 260 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
29 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 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 249 of 650
Participation
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 414 of 650
1,883
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
447
636 eligible divisions
910
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
213
47.7% of votes cast
973
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
234
52.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

30
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
172
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
46
-121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 650
Contributions
305
+137.9 vs Commons average
Rank 81 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
£213,132
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£213,132
6% below average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
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
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
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
51 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API