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Sir Mel Stride vs Sir Desmond Swayne
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Mel Stride and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,782 shared comparable votes.
1,733 same votes
49 different votes
1,782 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
77.7%
5% above average
Participation
88.2%
16% above average
1,883
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,135
2,422 eligible divisions
910
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
988
46.3% of votes cast
973
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,147
53.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.5% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
29
-66.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
154
+58.4 vs Commons average
45
-121.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
165
-1.4 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
44% below average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API