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Sir Mel Stride vs Rushanara Ali

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,434 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,373 different votes 1,434 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
11 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 15 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
69 Aye 111 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 180 shared votes
111 Aye 69 No
37 Aye 27 No
Trade 3% aligned 64 shared votes
29 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
32 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 29 No
Benefits 0% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
787
43.4% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
Appearances
47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 649
Contributions
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 534 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API