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Sir Mel Stride vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,639 shared comparable votes.

1,625 same votes 14 different votes 1,639 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
86 Aye 112 No
Tax 100% aligned 198 shared votes
86 Aye 112 No
111 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 154 shared votes
111 Aye 43 No
71 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 141 shared votes
71 Aye 70 No
37 Aye 34 No
Trade 100% aligned 71 shared votes
37 Aye 34 No
38 Aye 29 No
Transport 100% aligned 67 shared votes
38 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
75 Aye 124 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 199 shared votes
71 Aye 128 No
86 Aye 112 No
Tax 100% aligned 198 shared votes
86 Aye 112 No
111 Aye 43 No
Migration 100% aligned 154 shared votes
111 Aye 43 No
71 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 141 shared votes
71 Aye 70 No
37 Aye 34 No
Trade 100% aligned 71 shared votes
37 Aye 34 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
80.3%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 650
1,855
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,920
2,390 eligible divisions
897
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
918
47.8% of votes cast
958
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,002
52.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

29
-57.9 vs Commons average
Rank 570 of 650
Appearances
78
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 294 of 650
47
-104.4 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 650
Contributions
112
-39.4 vs Commons average
Rank 317 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 94 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
57 of 70 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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