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Sir Mel Stride vs Sir Edward Leigh

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,533 shared comparable votes.

1,511 same votes 22 different votes 1,533 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
77 Aye 128 No
Tax 100% aligned 205 shared votes
77 Aye 128 No
72 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 144 shared votes
72 Aye 72 No
33 Aye 31 No
Trade 100% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
35 Aye 29 No
Transport 100% aligned 64 shared votes
35 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 27 No
Energy 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 23 No
Education 95% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
71 Aye 117 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 188 shared votes
73 Aye 115 No
103 Aye 30 No
Migration 99% aligned 133 shared votes
105 Aye 28 No
77 Aye 128 No
Tax 100% aligned 205 shared votes
77 Aye 128 No

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

Voting record

77.6%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 650
Participation
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 650
1,855
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,790
2,390 eligible divisions
897
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
843
47.1% of votes cast
958
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
947
52.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
43 years, 4 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

29
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 570 of 650
Appearances
177
+90.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 of 650
47
-104.4 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 650
Contributions
194
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 150 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4% below average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
188 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
60 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#4
Tax
257 of 324 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 70 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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