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Sir Mel Stride vs Shivani Raja

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Shivani Raja voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

260 same votes 4 different votes 264 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
20 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
6 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 9 No
Transport 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 29 No
Tax 100% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
6 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 9 No
Transport 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

77.7%
5% above average
Rank 249 of 650
Participation
64.0%
8% below average
Rank 528 of 650
1,883
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
407
636 eligible divisions
910
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
201
49.4% of votes cast
973
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
206
50.6% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

30
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
35
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 650
46
-121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 650
Contributions
42
-125.1 vs Commons average
Rank 568 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
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 33 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API