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Sir Mel Stride vs Richard Burgon

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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Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Richard Burgon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,531 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,463 different votes 1,531 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
17 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 31 No
Education 8% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
69 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 176 shared votes
110 Aye 66 No
19 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
104 Aye 39 No
Migration 3% aligned 143 shared votes
37 Aye 106 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
38 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 65 shared votes
27 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
35 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 55 shared votes
25 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 28 No
Energy 0% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 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
80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
861
45.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
45
2.4% 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
85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 649
Contributions
97
-48.9 vs Commons average
Rank 345 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
£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£301,574
33% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye rebel
Closure motion 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
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul 10 Sept 2024
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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