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Sir Mel Stride vs Stephen Kinnock

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

Photograph of Sir Mel Stride
Sir Mel Stride
Con Central Devon
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Photograph of Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Kinnock
Lab Aberafan Maesteg

Voting alignment

Sir Mel Stride and Stephen Kinnock voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,408 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,338 different votes 1,408 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
68 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 176 shared votes
111 Aye 65 No
16 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
35 Aye 24 No
Trade 3% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
54 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 120 shared votes
67 Aye 53 No
18 Aye 26 No
Energy 2% aligned 44 shared votes
27 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 31 No
Education 0% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

77.9%
5% above average
Rank 248 of 649
Participation
75.4%
3% above average
Rank 300 of 649
1,850
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,376 eligible divisions
896
48.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,013
56.5% of votes cast
954
51.6% of votes cast
No votes
779
43.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 of 649
Appearances
115
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 649
47
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 515 of 649
Contributions
443
+299.5 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,344,654
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
£236,671
5% above average
Latest expenses
£312,875
38% above average
27
6 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
9
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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