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Sir Mel Stride vs Richard Foord

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Richard Foord voted the same way 37% of the time, based on 456 shared comparable votes.

169 same votes 287 different votes 456 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
5 Aye 10 No
Education 80% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 2 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
24 Aye 36 No
Tax 73% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
0 Aye 11 No
Benefits 64% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 61% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
50 Aye 21 No
Migration 6% aligned 71 shared votes
17 Aye 54 No
4 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 14 No
Digital / Online Safety 9% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 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
61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
664
1,087 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
358
53.9% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
306
46.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
Appearances
244
+160.4 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
47
-98.7 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 650
Contributions
267
+121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 78 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
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
74 of 97 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API