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Sir Mel Stride vs Sean Woodcock

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 Sean Woodcock
Sean Woodcock
Lab Banbury

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Sean Woodcock voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 299 shared comparable votes.

3 same votes 296 different votes 299 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
33 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
7 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 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
93.4 %
21 % above average
Rank 7 of 649
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
537
575 eligible divisions
892
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
274
51.0 % of votes cast
951
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
263
49.0 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
7
1.3 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-49.9 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
Appearances
69
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 650
46
-92.3 vs Commons average
Rank 510 of 650
Contributions
91
-47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 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
£119,230
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£119,230
47 % below average
20
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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