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Sir Mel Stride vs Rupert Lowe

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Rupert Lowe voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 123 shared comparable votes.

121 same votes 2 different votes 123 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 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 12 shared votes
0 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
0 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 12 shared votes
0 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.3 %
5 % above average
Rank 250 of 648
Participation
33.5 %
40 % below average
Rank 636 of 648
1,810
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
176
526 eligible divisions
874
48.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
82
46.6 % of votes cast
936
51.7 % of votes cast
No votes
94
53.4 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 501 of 648
Appearances
30
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 648
51
-56.9 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 648
Contributions
33
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£147,223
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£147,223
35 % below average
11
6 registered categories
Registered interests
60
8 registered categories
1
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
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
Migration
157 of 169 votes
#2
NHS / Health
6 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Tax
53 of 108 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 45 votes
#4
Defence
10 of 22 votes
Energy
55 of 67 votes
#5
Energy
7 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API