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Sir Mel Stride vs Sarah Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Mel Stride and Sarah Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 197 shared comparable votes.
5 same votes
192 different votes
197 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
77.9%
5% above average
Participation
62.4%
10% below average
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
368
590 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
52.7% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
174
47.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.8% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
64
-19.7 vs Commons average
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Contributions
83
-62.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,060
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£195,060
14% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API