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Sir Mel Stride vs Sir John Hayes

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,674 shared comparable votes.

1,648 same votes 26 different votes 1,674 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
80 Aye 84 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 164 shared votes
80 Aye 84 No
40 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 73 shared votes
40 Aye 33 No
28 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
33 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
96 Aye 39 No
Migration 98% aligned 135 shared votes
99 Aye 36 No
76 Aye 125 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 201 shared votes
74 Aye 127 No
19 Aye 38 No
Education 98% aligned 57 shared votes
18 Aye 39 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 250 of 650
Participation
81.8%
9% above average
Rank 155 of 650
1,878
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,977
2,417 eligible divisions
908
48.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
933
47.2% of votes cast
970
51.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,044
52.8% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 6 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

30
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 584 of 650
Appearances
141
+46.5 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 650
46
-118.6 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
Contributions
274
+109.4 vs Commons average
Rank 99 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
25
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
203 of 212 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 82 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 94 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