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Sir Mel Stride vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,665 shared comparable votes.

1,622 same votes 43 different votes 1,665 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
81 Aye 85 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 166 shared votes
81 Aye 85 No
35 Aye 35 No
Transport 100% aligned 70 shared votes
35 Aye 35 No
29 Aye 37 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 66 shared votes
29 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 34 No
Benefits 100% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
14 Aye 34 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
14 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 42 No
Migration 94% aligned 146 shared votes
103 Aye 43 No
33 Aye 32 No
Trade 94% aligned 65 shared votes
31 Aye 34 No
77 Aye 125 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 202 shared votes
73 Aye 129 No
14 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 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
81.1%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
1,883
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,965
2,422 eligible divisions
910
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
45.8% of votes cast
973
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,065
54.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

29
-66.6 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 650
Appearances
100
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
45
-121.4 vs Commons average
Rank 552 of 650
Contributions
162
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 220 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 68 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

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