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Sir Mel Stride vs Shabana Mahmood

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Shabana Mahmood voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,076 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,029 different votes 1,076 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 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 10% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 7% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
69 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 176 shared votes
110 Aye 66 No
14 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 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
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 611 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,269
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
730
57.5% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
539
42.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

29
-54.6 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 650
Appearances
70
-13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
47
-98.7 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 650
Contributions
826
+680.3 vs Commons average
Rank 5 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
£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£287,702
27% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
59 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
107 of 171 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API