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Sir Mel Stride vs Simon Lightwood

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 462 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 441 different votes 462 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
5 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
26 Aye 22 No
Migration 6% aligned 48 shared votes
19 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 39 No
Tax 2% aligned 59 shared votes
38 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 16 No
Energy 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 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
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 559 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 649
Contributions
215
+69.1 vs Commons average
Rank 123 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API