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Sir Mel Stride vs Samantha Dixon

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Samantha Dixon voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 478 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 458 different votes 478 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 2 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
50 Aye 19 No
Migration 4% aligned 69 shared votes
16 Aye 53 No
19 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 50 shared votes
31 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 15 No
Energy 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 16 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 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
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 341 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
735
999 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
361
49.1% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
374
50.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 1 Dec 2022

Debates

29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
Appearances
75
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
47
-98.7 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 650
Contributions
288
+142.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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
£667,714
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£311,379
38% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
11 of 11 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
20 of 23 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
83 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