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Sir Mel Stride vs Sarah Owen

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Sarah Owen voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 812 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 778 different votes 812 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
12 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
35 Aye 55 No
Tax 2% aligned 90 shared votes
53 Aye 37 No
51 Aye 43 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 94 shared votes
43 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 22 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
17 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 21 No
Benefits 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 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
66.9%
6% below average
Rank 481 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,109
1,658 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
568
51.2% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
541
48.8% 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
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
Appearances
60
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
47
-98.7 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 650
Contributions
72
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 437 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
£998,822
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£276,668
22% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
48 of 50 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
58 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
51 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
121 of 154 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Work / Employment
50 of 67 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