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Sir Mel Stride vs Sarah Bool

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Sarah Bool voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 310 shared comparable votes.

305 same votes 5 different votes 310 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
33 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
33 Aye 41 No
13 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
33 Aye 41 No
13 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
6 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

77.7%
5% above average
Rank 249 of 650
Participation
71.4%
1% below average
Rank 392 of 650
1,883
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
454
636 eligible divisions
910
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
193
42.5% of votes cast
973
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
261
57.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

30
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
118
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
46
-121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 650
Contributions
138
-29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 283 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
£188,791
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£188,791
17% below average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Tax
106 of 122 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 14 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
56 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API