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Sir Mel Stride vs Shockat Adam

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 Shockat Adam
Shockat Adam
Ind Leicester South

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Shockat Adam voted the same way 49% of the time, based on 196 shared comparable votes.

97 same votes 99 different votes 196 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
6 Aye 10 No
Education 94% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 75% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 4 No
Transport 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 33% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 12 No
Benefits 38% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 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
58.4 %
14 % below average
Rank 583 of 649
1,843
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
336
575 eligible divisions
892
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
182
54.2 % of votes cast
951
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
154
45.8 % of votes cast
7
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 649
Appearances
173
+95.4 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 649
46
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
Contributions
185
+47.1 vs Commons average
Rank 137 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
£230,874
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5 % above average
Latest expenses
£230,874
2 % above average
17
6 registered categories
Registered interests
8
5 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
23 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Education
31 of 50 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
8 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 78 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 15 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 36, 90 and 155, insist on Amendments 155A to 155F and propose Amendment (a) 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 89B and 89C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
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