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Sir Mel Stride vs Sarah Pochin

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

Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
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Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Sarah Pochin voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 122 shared comparable votes.

117 same votes 5 different votes 122 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
9 Aye 10 No
Tax 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
0 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 9 shared votes
0 Aye 9 No
0 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Transport 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 96% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 10 No
Tax 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
0 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 9 shared votes
0 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

78.1 %
5 % above average
Rank 245 of 649
Participation
56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 598 of 649
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
221
389 eligible divisions
892
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
97
43.9 % of votes cast
951
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
124
56.1 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
7
3.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 2025

Debates

28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
Appearances
96
+18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
46
-92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650
Contributions
115
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 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
£0
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
n/a
average unavailable
20
6 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
22 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Energy
6 of 8 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Second Reading 9 Dec 2025
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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