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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.

Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
vs
Photograph of Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith
Lab Hyndburn

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Sarah Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 188 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 185 different votes 188 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
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 No
23 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 10 No
Benefits 0% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

78.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 242 of 649
Participation
61.6 %
11 % below average
Rank 564 of 649
1,841
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
350
568 eligible divisions
892
48.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
188
53.7 % of votes cast
949
51.5 % of votes cast
No votes
162
46.3 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.7 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-47.2 vs Commons average
Rank 547 of 649
Appearances
54
-21.2 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 649
45
-88.4 vs Commons average
Rank 513 of 649
Contributions
71
-62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 649

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
17
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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
4 of 5 votes
Migration
157 of 169 votes
#2
Defence
25 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
8 of 11 votes
Trade
73 of 89 votes
#5
Tax
80 of 111 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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